Leonard Pitts
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Conservatives run from common-sense solutions to gun violence
‘Yes’ to armed teachers, bulletproof classroom decorations and one-door schoolhouses. ‘No’ to reasonable limits on access to firearms.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Louisiana senator made Black women an asterisk in maternal mortality report
If a third of the state is Black, and their rates of dying in childbirth are soaring, then they can’t also be part of a ‘we’ who are doing OK.
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PublishedMay 18, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Silly me, I thought the 10 people murdered for being Black were the victims
But for 30 years – the last 15 in particular – much of U.S. politics has focused on the oppression of white Americans.
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PublishedMay 11, 2022
Leonard Pitts: If the Supreme Court’s legitimacy is at risk, Justice Thomas, whose fault is that?
The person who leaked the draft Roe decision is hardly the first one to violate SCOTUS rules, despite what Thomas thinks.
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
Leonard Pitts: If Roe ends, blame Democrats who wouldn’t get behind Hillary Clinton
They’re finding out that the decision to stay home on Election Day 2020 – or to vote for someone else – can have long-range consequences.
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PublishedApril 20, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Where’s the lie in Rep. Omar’s tweet about the traveling Christian singers?
The singing of a worship song on a crowded plane raises issues of entitlement and who gets to do what in the public square.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Dismissal of murder charge over self-induced abortion offers little solace
A young Texan’s arrest will likely someday go down as a harbinger of a world where ending a pregnancy is a crime.
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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Just like that, our democracy could be a thing of the past
When the will of the majority repeatedly has so little impact on the actions of their government, it’s fair to wonder if it really is their government.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Showing restraint would have been the manly thing for Will Smith to do
Maybe the next time he sees his wife in distress, his first thought will be to comfort her.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Kinzinger’s apology comes two years too late
He shouldn't have needed to see Russia invade Ukraine to know how wrong it was for Donald Trump to use military aid for political leverage.
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