Jonathan Capehart
Washington Post
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Jonathan:
What’s at stake in real money if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling
It's difficult to understand why anyone would flirt with such disaster. → Read More
Kamala Harris had a most excellent year
The vice president is finishing a banner year filled with domestic barnstorming and high-wire diplomacy. → Read More
If Sharpton is a ‘Loudmouth,’ Trump is so much worse
A documentary about the civil rights activist presents insight into the former president. → Read More
Biden is totally going to run again
The president is fit and eager to aim for reelection in 2024. → Read More
Trump’s flirtation with the n-word cannot be ignored
Call out the former president's tip of the hood to white supremacists for what it is. → Read More
Why Black people feel Jackson’s ‘seat at the table’ is ours, too
If her first days on the bench are any indicator, the newest justice is wasting no time being heard. → Read More
Republicans don’t own ‘patriotism’
Democrats are standing firm in their values to set glass-house Republicans straight. → Read More
Biden tells his critics: ‘Watch me.’ People should give it a try.
The president has a track record for defying the low expectations of others. → Read More
Liz Cheney is the Obi-Wan to Trump’s Darth Vader
Cutting Cheney down makes her more powerful than Trump and his enablers can possibly imagine. → Read More
Save the Biden agenda from Joe Manchin
The midterms are President Biden's only hope for a true Democratic majority in the Senate. → Read More
Why building abortion clinics on federal land in red states is a bad idea
The problem is not the Hyde Amendment. It’s the Assimilative Crimes Act. → Read More
Vote, dang it! It’s your one superpower in our democracy.
Democrats must do everything possible to try to prevent what could be a Republican wave. → Read More
‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn’t exactly apply to Black people
The court’s only African American justice (for now) ought to know that. → Read More
Why Black people are afraid of ‘crazy’ White people
Their numbers seem to be growing. → Read More
The other scary thing about Alito’s draft ruling on abortion
If dissents are ghosts, then the current court is totally haunted. → Read More
Alito’s draft ruling on abortion is a warning to LGBTQ Americans
The justice must think we're fools. → Read More
Don’t let Mallory McMorrow fight bigotry alone
There's power in "a straight, white, Christian, married, suburban mom" standing up for people not like her. → Read More
Keep calm, stop Putin and fortify the Baltics
An Estonian diplomat tells NATO exactly how to handle Putin. → Read More
Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock
The rest of “us” felt the Oscars slap, too. And it hurts. → Read More
The real story about crime Republicans won’t tell you
Eight out of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates in 2020 voted for Trump. → Read More