To argue that voting is a waste of time or useless is to participate in your own powerlessness. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
For the longest time - forever, really - I thought being pro-business was woven into the DNA of the GOP, especially when… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Isn't it sad that really the only times I feel seen as an American are when I'm abroad? I'm not saying racism… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
When you're Black in America, you spend a lot of time counting firsts. The higher the first, the more we marvel (and… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
In 1992, Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were elected to the Senate - the first time women held both seats from the same… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
You can either spend your time griping about nothing getting done or you can vote to help elect people who will do… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Don't come on my show and tell me two plus two equals five. That is a waste of my time, and more… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I interviewed Biden once as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and once as president-elect. Each time, he made a personal… — 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