Dr. King’s words still ring true — 61 years on
A few words on the difficulty of voting while black. As we mark what would have been his 89th birthday, it seems fitting to recall that Martin Luther King Jr....
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‘Not enough white men in the room’
There were not enough white men in the room. Indeed, there were almost none, if we are to believe an anonymous witness who testified before the Washington, D.C., grand jury...
Donald Trump, the poster boy for white privilege
Perhaps you remember Barack Obama's so-called "patriotism problem." It was that some people said he didn't have any. The claim was based on the flimsiest of evidence: his failure to...
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ should make you uncomfortable. That’s the point.
It "makes some people uncomfortable." That was the explanation Kenny Holloway, a school board official in Biloxi, Miss., gave the Sun Herald newspaper last week, for the board's decision to...
In an extreme world, Democrats need to move left
I've been struggling with this question for a month. It's been that long since a Democratic state legislator rose during the Q&A after a speech and asked me a deceptively...
When ignorance is impervious to the facts
You could call it a moment of truth, except that what actually came out of that moment was a realization of how little truth now matters. This is back in...
No apologies for how I talk about this president
A few words on trash-talking the president. Said words are occasioned by emails from a large number of readers who have noted an increased propensity toward that practice in this...
What is wrong with Donald Trump?
So here we are, six months later. How time has trudged. But the calendar does not lie. On Thursday, we will be half a year through the Trump Era. And,...
Spring rituals remind us: The world endures
I've been meaning to write this column for years. The inspiration will invariably come some warm May evening as I am standing in the lobby of a downtown hotel and,...
Trumpcare reveals GOP’s scorn for poor Americans
Suddenly, there was just blood everywhere. It erupted from my father's mouth as we sat watching television. I was still struggling to process this horror when my mother, too shaken...