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Leonard Pitts: Good will from Ali’s funeral knocked cold by hatred in many forms

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald June 15, 2016June 14, 2016

In the span of a couple days, the best and worst that America seems to offer was in vivid display.

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s endorsement of Donald Trump echoes a 1933 strategy that led to disaster in Germany.

by Leonard Pitts Miami Herald June 1, 2016June 1, 2016

They are not keen to reveal their bodies in transition, as some wish to suggest in order to instill fear.

by Leonard Pitts The Miami Herald May 25, 2016May 24, 2016

Every second the left spends arguing with itself is a gift to the presumptive Republican nominee.

Trayvon Martin’s murder has now been commodified, made into a trophy for display in someone’s den.

Violence, hate crimes and even terrorism from the radical right are not as unthinkable as we wish.

Pandering lawmakers often turn those fears into laws, restricting what they don’t even try to understand.

The Virginia governor’s probable political agenda takes away from a decision that shouldn’t have one.

by Leonard Pitts April 20, 2016April 20, 2016

Duane Buck is on Texas’ death row because he is black. If that’s not reason enough to lighten the sentence, we’re all in trouble.

by Leonard Pitts Miami Herald April 13, 2016April 12, 2016

The former president misses the most relevant message in his confrontation with Black Lives Matter activists.