Column: Don’t call Kyle Rittenhouse a hero
Kyle Rittenhouse is not a hero. Granted, many on the right are working overtime to paint him as such. "He's a good kid," his attorney, John Pierce, told Fox News...
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Commentary: Justice comes for Harvey Weinstein
He said, she said. Then Justice James Burke said: "Although this is a first conviction, it is not a first offense. There is evidence before me of other incidents of...
Commentary: A message for Stephen King about that Oscars tweet
Dear Stephen King: I hope you'll indulge me as I try to explain something I suspect you still don't quite understand. Namely: why so many of us were so disappointed...
Commentary: Echoing Langston Hughes, Lupita Nyong’o offers a new take on the ‘dark and beautiful, bright and strong’
"If you're white, you're all right. If you're brown, stick around. If you're black, get back." — African American folk saying I was about to give a speech — I...
What they see when they see us: The Central Park 5 story
It's a story that will lacerate your heart. Indeed, you'll watch "When They See Us," director Ava DuVernay's new Netflix miniseries, in appalled disbelief and open-mouthed horror. That may sound...
Are we ‘better than this’, America? Outrage over Rep. Ilhan Omar is just our latest test.
And what will you say afterward, America? That is not to encourage or even predict that there will be an "afterward" — that is, that someone will use violence to...
Do we really need to ‘understand’ Trump supporters?
This is for Rose. She is a nice lady who wrote me a nice email in which she spoke about the need to try to understand Donald Trump's supporters. As...
Who’s still making excuses for Donald Trump? The list is long
"We kind of gave him — 'All right, you get a mulligan. You get a do-over here.' " — Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, on the white evangelical...
Have you ever seen the moon? A short film will open your eyes
Have you ever seen the moon? You will likely answer that you have, many times. But a new short video by filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh may have you...
Should we pretend justice will happen this time?
Maybe we should just skip to the end. Is that sacrilege? Is it too cynical by half? After all, this is the part where we're supposed to be waiting for...