Obama Can't Win With Some Black Critics

May 23, 2013

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart says that what's missing from most African-American critiques of President Obama is an appreciation for Republican resistance to his agenda.

The GOP's Apology Tour: The Party Has Problems

Dr. Ben Carson and Alaska's Rep. Don Young are two examples of how out of touch Republicans are with a country that has moved well beyond the casual acceptance of bigotry, Jonathan Capehart writes in a blog post at the Washington Post.

Trayvon Martin's Mother: He Was 'My Baby'

Sybrina Fulton reflects on the year since the shooting death of her son Trayvon Martin with the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, saying that she is "still in disbelief" over his death.

Obama Makes Gays Feel More Fully American

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart unpacks the significance of the fact that the president of the United States used an inaugural address to acknowledge and affirm the place of gay people in the history and ongoing story of America.

It's Good the Reverend Won't Deliver Inauguration Benediction

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart celebrates the Rev. Louie Giglio's decision not to deliver the benediction at the presidential inauguration. In light of Giglio's past anti-gay remarks, Capehart says, the president should not have to share the stage with him.

Richard Armey's Loathsome Gun Show

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart admonishes Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, for allowing an aide to brandish a handgun while Armey seized control of a Tea Party group.

The Ignoble Hounding of Susan Rice

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart sums up Susan Rice's withdrawal from consideration for secretary of state as yet another sorry episode in the politics of personal destruction in Washington, D.C.

Obama Defied History With Win

The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart says President Obama "wasn't supposed to win," but, thanks in part to Romney's empty campaign, he did.

John Sununu: Race-Baiting Buffoon

The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart excoriates Romney surrogate John Sununu for his recent racially inflammatory commentary about Gen. Colin Powell's endorsement of President Barack Obama. 

DOMA Is on the Chopping Block

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart writes that this week's decision in Windsor v. United States overturning the Defense of Marriage Act signals the large-scale shift in discrimination against the LGBT community.