A biography for Jonathan Capeharthasn’t been written yet.
“I'm tired of rhetoric and actions that seek to cleave me from my country.”
“My cellphone cover is always a vibrant color so no one thinks I'm carrying a gun. I never pull out my keys in public until I absolutely have to. Someone might think I'm carrying a knife.”
“Ever since Trump summoned a mob to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Liz Cheney has made it her mission to destroy him.”
“Trump ushered the fringe into the mainstream.”
“If the Senate really wanted to take a big step to protect LGBTQ Americans and our families, it would finally pass the Equality Act.”
“Really, we need anyone who believes in basic respect and equality under the law to be fearless - especially if they haven't had to struggle for those things themselves.”
“Black women have been saving this republic since its founding. That was especially so during the Trump era when their turnout helped elect Democrats in unlikely places such as Alabama and Georgia.”
“You can either spend your time griping about nothing getting done or you can vote to help elect people who will do what the American people need.”
“Democrats and Republicans reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act unanimously in 2006. In two rulings since then, the Supreme Court has taken a sledgehammer to the landmark legislation and has called on Congress to fix the law.”
“At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the relentlessly negative narrative against us.”
“I love taking photos of the American flag fluttering in the wind.”
“Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if only some of the governed are allowed to vote.”
“The lived experience of Black people in the United States has demonstrated countless times that we are neither seen as 'law-abiding citizens' nor worthy of having 'ordinary self-defense needs' protected by the Second Amendment.”
“Voting should be as easy as possible. Period.”
“I'm a reporter who comes at the news with a point of view.”
“The old-school GOP that championed limited government, fiscal restraint, and the defense of the ideals of democracy at home and abroad was far from perfect; the party's social conservatism excluded millions of Americans who didn't fit its cramped views of society.”
“No value is more worthy of active protection than the right to vote of every citizen.”
“Many of their predecessors handled issues of race the way we tiptoe across the thinnest of ice - if they didn't avoid them altogether. Biden and Harris are not afraid to take them head-on - perhaps because the omnipresent subject of race has become so unavoidable.”
“The ranks of 'crazy' White people appear to be growing - and the rest of us don't know what to do about it.”
“Children listen - intently. They absorb all manner of information like little sponges.”