Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Newsom's willingness to fight Republicans on their turf is exactly what Democrats need to replicate. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
If Republicans aren't willing to vote for voting rights, and if the only way to safeguard our fundamental right to vote is… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Crime has no party affiliation, yet Republicans have spent generations exploiting it and the fear of it for political gain. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Democrats being Democrats, count on those nettlesome conversations about whether Biden will or should run for reelection to reemerge with end-of-the-world urgency. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Democrats and Republicans reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act unanimously in 2006. In two rulings since then, the Supreme Court has taken… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Black women have been saving this republic since its founding. That was especially so during the Trump era when their turnout helped… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The old-school GOP that championed limited government, fiscal restraint, and the defense of the ideals of democracy at home and abroad was… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on symbolism and… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Look, as an institutionalist who recognizes the power of incrementalism in the slow but steady march to equality, I'm used to seeing the forest… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if only some… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step forward, even… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is to shield… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I love taking photos of the American flag fluttering in the wind. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
We'll never understand this country as long as book banning, tip lines and legislation to bubble-wrap the tender White souls among us continue to… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Scapegoating is as American as apple pie. And because there's almost always a racial or ethnic dynamic to it in our country, scapegoating is… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The fight for women's rights is all our fight. It always has been. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to live out… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
