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Leonard Pitts: To anti-abortion hypocrites, ‘all lives matter’ – except black ones

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald May 22, 2019May 21, 2019

Pretending to be motivated by concern for African Americans is both cynical and offensive.

by Michael Weiss and Julia Ebner Special to The Washington Post May 19, 2019May 18, 2019

A French travel writer’s ‘Great Replacement’ theory has inspired white-identity terrorists as far away as New Zealand.

Massacres like the one in New Zealand are the predictable result of the rise in international intolerance.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD March 19, 2019March 18, 2019

It reflects badly on the state Republican Party that Vice Chairman Nick Isgro’s hateful tweets are still up under the Maine Republican Party banner.

by KATHERINE K. LEE Web Editor March 17, 2019March 17, 2019

It’s not minority kids who are taking undeserved spaces in college. It’s those who got in through affirmative action for the rich.

by the editorial board March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

Regardless of anyone’s intent, the sports teams’ name was offensive and hurtful and had to go.

by LEONARD PITTS March 6, 2019March 5, 2019

There are a lot of men like the Atlanta college senior whose juggling of studying and parenting recently went viral.

Found guilty in 2002 of killing Tammy Dickson, Foster Bates has maintained his innocence and is making a third request for post-conviction review.

by Kathleen Parker The Washington Post February 26, 2019February 25, 2019

‘Make America Great Again’ started as a rally chant but is now perceived as a threat.

The Regional School Unit 21 board votes to take two steps in response to a race-based retaliation complaint filed by a black teacher.