Rosa Parks once said that she’d rather be murdered at a young age than be subjugated by her racist countrymen, and that’s just one thing most might not know about the woman who refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, writes Charles M. Blow in the New York Times. On the verge…

On the heels of the Republican push to suppress the vote in states like Florida, Pennsylvania and Arizona, writes New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, the GOP has a new plan, gerrymandering.  Thanks in part to gerrymandering, many states already have — and will continue to have in the near future — Republican-controlled legislatures.…

In the midst of the conversation raging about gun control and the possible renewal of an assault-weapons ban, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow warns Americans to pay careful attention to the radical language some extremists are using. These extremists make sensible, reasonable gun control hard to discuss, let alone achieve in this country,…

Between Lincoln, Django Unchained and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, there’s been quite a bit of slavery discourse lately. Still, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow argues that none of this has made America more racially accepting. In fact, on the contrary, Pew Research Center statistics show that there is a rising…

Recently Russian President Putin ended international adoptions of Russian children, leaving many families hanging. However, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow writes, the number of American adoptions from countries like Russia has been dropping for years, anyway. Many American families are adopting from countries not previously considered, like Ethiopia, thanks to actors such as…

Since the massacre of children in Newtown, Conn., Americans — and the rest of the world — have attempted to identify the cause of the violence. The National Rifle Association remained oddly quiet after the tragedy. When NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre finally did deliver a statement at a press conference this week, Charles…

Perhaps Sandy Hook Elementary School’s tragedy will be the catalyst America needs to secure tougher gun regulations. However, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow writes, too many people are responding to mass shootings in the wrong way. Instead of recognizing that stiffer gun laws are needed, some people purchased more guns, as Colorado residents…

While the idea that dinosaurs didn’t exist during the time of early man seems obvious for some, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has found the concept difficult. Charles M. Blow, columnist for the New York Times, writes that if these are the views of the Tea Party-laced Republican Party, then something has to change — and…