Leonard Pitts Jr.
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Time flew, didn’t it? Time for me to fly off, too
The Pulitzer-winning columnist from the Miami Herald pens his last column after 28 years of opinions. → Read More
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Good night, everybody!
Well, as Carol Burnett used to say, I’m so glad we had this time together. I’ve written about 1.6 million words as a columnist. This 600 or so will be the last. I’m retiring for a few reasons. One … → Read More
Leonard Pitts: Good night, everybody!
I've written about 1.6 million words as a columnist. This 600 or so will be the last. → Read More
Pitts: How to be a Black man
Herschel Walker was defeated. For that, all patriots should be glad -— yet also sobered, given that he lost by less than 100,000 votes out of 3.5 million cast. → Read More
On gun violence, time to stop asking why and start asking who?
America fetishizes not just guns, but also the idea that guns, more than a tool of hunting or even of self-defense, are a shortcut to capability, an instant equalizer allowing even the weak-minded and the lily-livered to stand their ground. → Read More
Pitts: Why is America like this?
Ask what motivates specific shooters is the wrong approach. → Read More
Elon Musk is rich, but clueless. This is why we can’t have nice things
Twitter is Elon Musk's new toy, and he's broken it right out of the box. But Musk isn't a five-year-old. → Read More
Pitts: It was exactly what it looked like
While conservatives did not ‘cause’ the carnage at Club Q in Colorado Springs any more... → Read More
Leonard Pitts: Elon Musk breaks his new toy
Leonard Pitts writes that Elon Musk has broken his new toy → Read More
GOP leaders say they’re sick of Trump now, but just you wait
Some on the right are now saying what was once heretical: It's time to dump Trump. → Read More
Pitts: He’s baaack
Would any of us be shocked to hear the same people denigrating Trump’s name now chanting... → Read More
Pitts: Still fighting for an America I’ve never seen
If voters did not quite reject election denial, they did blunt its force. → Read More
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The infuriating charge of ‘racism against white people’
Sometimes I wish white people could be Black. Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened his skin and traveled the South… → Read More
Pitts: Democracy’s on the ballot
Extremist candidates whose mantra is that elections are unfair unless they win them may... → Read More
The biggest threat to election integrity is sore losers
It seems self-appointed ballot-box watchers, carrying firearms and wearing tactical gear, have been camping out at drop boxes in Maricopa County, Arizona, surveilling voters, recording video, noting license plates and even accusing some of being so-called ballot mules. → Read More
Pitts: The caucacity of nope
The word is a new coinage, a portmanteau of “Caucasian” and “audacity” denoting a... → Read More
Leonard Pitts: We strive toward enlightenment, and language follows suit
Leonard Pitts writes that we strive toward enlightenment, and language follows suit → Read More
Pitts: If Republicans couldn’t cheat, they couldn’t win
Gov. DeSantis’ election cops are but the latest GOP effort to suppress opposition... → Read More
Once upon a time, America was brave
Today America is a nation of sore losers ascendant. → Read More
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Once upon a time, America was brave
She shapes the question in a voice of rainy-day melancholy, frames it with piano meditation. “All we’ve been given by those who came before The dream of a nation where freedom would endure The work… → Read More