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Rosenwald’s generosity captured in new film

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

In an age that exalts politicians and entertainers who can't stop telling us how wonderful they are, it is refreshing to honor a man who accomplished a lot without wanting...

Reporter Jorge Ramos, left, asks Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a question about his immigration proposal during a news conference on Aug. 25, 2015, in Dubuque, Iowa.

Donald Trump vs. Jorge Ramos: A clash of icons

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Donald Trump, who famously scoffs at "total political correctness," can climb as far up on his high horse as anybody else when someone is impolite to him. Someone like, for...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at an Aug. 21, 2015, campaign rally in Mobile, Ala.

Angriest voters go for atypical candidates

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

What does Donald Trump have in common with Deez Nuts, except for the way that their names make some people laugh? Trump, the billionaire Republican presidential front-runner, and Deez Nuts,...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks to the media after arriving by helicopter at a nearby ballpark before Trump attended the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Donald, your birthright idea is sounding like racism

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Viewed through the lens of America's civil rights history, Donald Trump's new call to repeal birthright citizenship chimes with an ominous ring. Spoiler alert: It sounds like racism. It sounds...

Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, shown here in October 2006, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.

Humor, too, carried Julian Bond through push for civil rights

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Unlike most of the people who are sadly reminiscing about Julian Bond, I fondly recall how my last conversation with the iconic civil rights veteran occurred at a zombie movie....

Aug. 13, 1965: Los Angeles police officers stand guard as debris is cleared from Avalon Boulvard and Imperial Highway, one of the trouble spots during the Watts riots.

How Watts changed journalism

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Fifty years have passed since the Watts riots, a disaster that brought death, destruction and an unexpected, although long overdue, boost to the value of racial diversity in newsrooms. Six...

What Bernie Sanders knows and Donald Trump doesn’t

August 21, 2019 at 5:49 p.m.

The farther the left and right wings in politics move toward extremes, an old saying goes, the more they resemble each other. You can see this vigorously at work these...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fields a question Aug. 6, 2015, during the first Republican presidential debate hosted by Fox News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Trump thumps himself in Republican debate

August 21, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

As if we did not already know it before the Fox News Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, Donald Trump can dish out the barbs against others, but he can't take...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media during a news conference on the first day of the Women's British Open on July 30, 2015.

‘Trumpsplaining’ speaks to frustrated voters

August 21, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

Debating Donald Trump is like boxing with smoke. You may have the facts on your side, but for this Republican presidential candidate, facts are mostly beside the point. Take, for...

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to an audience July 15, 2015, at Union Baptist Church in Baltimore.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: A fresh voice for an impatient generation

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Congratulations to Ta-Nehisi Coates. His meditation on race in America has hit No. 1 in its first week on The New York Times' Best Sellers list. Race relations may still...

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