South Carolina has scheduled another debate over the fate of the Confederate battle flag. This time it can’t be allowed to end in an unsatisfying compromise: The flag ha...
WASHINGTON — In a historic moment, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called late Monday for removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the Statehouse grounds.
It was the ...
WASHINGTON — Unspeakable, unimaginable, incomprehensible and unthinkable are the words we’ve heard and used to describe the horrific murders of nine African-Americans as...
WASHINGTON — It’s time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstitut...
President Barack Obama is rarely at a loss for words. But language seemed to fail him Thursday when he spoke about gun violence and the mass shooting that killed nine pe...
By Leonard Pitts
The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary.
It is where you go to worship, to seek fellowship and solace, and commune with your maker. The dictiona...
WASHINGTON — I am an optimist, both by temperament and observation. But I maintain my hopeful outlook partly because I know that less optimistic people will regularly se...
WASHINGTON — Isn’t America wonderful? Anyone can run for president. ANYONE.
Once again, Donald Trump has wormed his way into the national conversation even though three-...
So now we mourn.
We mourn for nine men and women killed Wednesday during a prayer meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
We mourn for ...
Remember the national debt? It’s been a while since members of Congress have warned us about it and talk of government shutdowns dominated the headlines. So, problem sol...
