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Column: At the airports, a clear view of Trump’s inept handling of coronavirus crisis

March 15, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

In Spain, the number of coronavirus cases soared to nearly 8,000 last week. On Thursday, one of my friends boarded a plane in Madrid, and 10 hours later walked out...

The crowd applauds as presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the University of Michigan main quadrangle on March 8, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Column: Bernie Sanders’ revolution is coming, whether Democrats embrace it or not

March 12, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

If there is one thing we have learned from Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, it is that the revolution will come. The aging senator might not be the one who leads...

Arthur Jones, a GOP candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, discusses his views during a protest of a social justice event on Jan. 11, 2020, in Orland Park.

Column: The GOP is no longer the party of Lincoln. It’s become a launching pad for bigots.

March 11, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The GOP has an image problem. For some reason, bigots and other undesirables seem to think they can run for office as Republicans and win. Sometimes the candidates are right....

U.S. Rep. Val Demings, right, is someone who should be considered for a Democratic presidential running mate. She's shown in February 2020 with Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a fellow House manager in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Column: This year, African American voters are collecting their debt from Democrats. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders owe them black female running mates.

March 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Women are sending a loud message to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders this year: If either of you makes it to the White House, you must take a woman along...

Supporters hold up signs and cheer as Democratic White House hopeful Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a presidential election rally in San Jose, California, on March 1, 2020.

Column: Face it, Bernie Sanders supporters: The greatest threat to the revolution isn’t Joe Biden — it’s Donald Trump.

March 5, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

In politics, there is nothing as exhilarating as the resounding energy of young people. Their spirit lifts us and gives us hope that the future will be better than those...

Dahleen Glanton: Why is ‘people of color’ OK but not ‘colored people’? A reading list for white folks

June 24, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

Editor’s note: This column was published in 2020. Read the latest from baiduhai Opinion here. The world is changing. Sometimes it moves more quickly than some are able to...

Column: A white Trump supporter sent me an email that used the term ‘colored.’ So I called him up on the phone.

February 26, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

The email from Mr. B did not particularly stand out. Like many, he took issue with a column I had written explaining why African Americans would vote for Mike Bloomberg...

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a campaign rally at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston on Feb. 13. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stands at right.

Column: If Michael Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, African Americans will take one for the team and vote for him

February 24, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Nearly every day, something ugly is exposed about Michael Bloomberg's past. In a normal presidential election year, such a steady drip of racist and misogynistic vitriol would have doomed a...

Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.

Column: To get to the White House, millennial Pete Buttigieg has to knock down the boomers standing in his way

February 20, 2020 at 7:13 p.m.

The scrap between Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar on the debate stage Wednesday night sounded familiar. It was a generational spat between a 38-year-old millennial and a 59-year-old baby boomer....

President Donald Trump prepares to board Air Force One as he departs Feb. 18, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, where he announced he commuted the sentence of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Column: Impeached Donald Trump and impeached Rod Blagojevich are corrupt kindred spirits

February 19, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

It should not surprise anyone that Donald Trump would commute former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's prison sentence. Corrupt politicians do favors for other corrupt politicians all the time. Trump and...

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