It is the cumulative result of similar deaths and the bitter sense of siege felt by African-American men.
Leonard Pitts
Leonard Pitts: Building’s ‘poor door’ supports fiction that net worth equals human worth
Critics of the separate entrance are outraged and call it ‘odious,’ ‘Dickensian’ and ‘income segregation.’
Leonard Pitts: Give Paul Ryan credit for plan that puts focus on need to fight poverty
Some ideas are interesting, others are flawed, but let’s hope Republican interest in the issue is coming alive.
Leonard Pitts: Todd Akin serves as a reminder that Republicans can’t shake tea party
‘Crazy’ elements of the party won’t be denied as conservatives try in vain to re-brand themselves.
Leonard Pitts: Journalist Seigenthaler showed us blindness toward racism is curable
At first he didn’t see the ugliness, then it became glaring and he fought it, a choice others can and should make.
Leonard Pitts: It’s in no criminal code, but it’s a crime to stand by during an attack
People in groups may be less likely than individuals to help a person in distress, but that’s not predestined.
Leonard Pitts: High court ruling on contraception strikes blow at reason, rights
Let no one be mollified by Justice Kennedy’s writing that this is not a ruling of ‘breadth and sweep.’
Leonard Pitts: Film tied to man’s suicide invites us to look deeper at our views on gays
You’ll hear a lot of things you may not expect as people grapple for their own personal answers.
Leonard Pitts: Remind me, again, of what exactly we were talking about…
You can live with creaky knees and sparse hair, but losing that sharp faculty of memory is a true pain.
Leonard Pitts: NRA reverts to old reckless self
The gun nuts were briefly on target.