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Why the killing of Mark Carson matters

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 22nd, 2013 - 12:05AM

Mark Carson was shot in the face because he’s gay.

In Florida, they’re trying to hurry up the injustice process

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 19th, 2013 - 12:05AM

At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing.

Whether nalevolence or misfeasance, IRS stepped in it

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 16th, 2013 - 12:05AM

Well, this is a fine mess.

Ignoring the real problems while fighting the imaginary ones

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 12th, 2013 - 12:05AM

It should’ve been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn’t hear it.

There, but for a bit of self-restraint and sense of duty, go I

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 8th, 2013 - 12:05AM

Brenda Heist wanted to run away from life. Naturally, she went to Key West, Fla.

In Texas justice system, being black means you’re a future danger

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 5th, 2013 - 12:05AM

If the state of Texas executes Duane Buck, it’ll be because he is black.

It takes courage to be the first to stand up

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published May 1st, 2013 - 12:05AM

Boom.

A reminder for the privileged: A little humility may be in order

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published April 28th, 2013 - 12:05AM

This is for the rest of us.

Despite what he says, Rand Paul got schooled at Howard

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published April 21st, 2013 - 12:05AM

Rand Paul did just fine at Howard University, thank you very much. Or at least, that’s how he remembers it.

‘Oh, my God,’ ‘Oh, my God,’ ‘Oh, my God’

LEONARD PITTS JR.

Published April 17th, 2013 - 12:05AM

Soon after the explosions, there appeared on the website of The Boston Globe a video of the moment. Runners in the city’s iconic marathon are jogging across the finish line and everyone is cheering, when there is a clap of thunder and an orange bloom of fire from within a ring of flags honoring the nations represented in the race. It is followed, seconds later, by another blast from just down the street. The cheers become shrieks, falsetto shrills of panic and fear and the videographer carries you forward, to where the smoke is drifting and police, runners and bystanders rip barricades apart trying to reach the epicenter of chaos.

Paisley needs to try harder to escape his ‘Accidental Racist’