Charles M. Blow

Charles Blow joined The New York Times in 1994 and became an opinion columnist in 2008. He is also a television commentator and writes often about politics, social justice and vulnerable communities.

Haleakala Brown, 11, center, joins others demonstrating on the west steps of the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Jan. 29, 2023. Protesters were calling for justice in the case of Tyre Nichols, 29, a Black man who died after being beaten by five Memphis police officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop, video of the encounter shows. He died three days after the beating. The five officers have been fired, and each charged with second-degree murder and related charges. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

抖阴ap: Tyre Nichols鈥� death is America鈥檚 shame

January 30, 2023 at 2:09 p.m.

America -- and the world 鈥� had the realization that police violence was a problem, and then it simply walked away before the work was done and the war was...

FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters storm the Capitol, in Washington. People charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol left behind a trove of videos and messages that have helped federal authorities build cases. In nearly half of the more than 200 federal cases stemming from the attack, authorities have cited evidence that an insurrectionist appeared to have been inspired by conspiracy theories or extremist ideologies, according to an Associated Press review of court records. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Blow: Republican leadership attempts to rewrite history of the Jan. 6 insurrection

May 20, 2021 at 1:05 p.m.

The Republican leadership in Congress seems to be engaged in a coordinated effort to reduce and minimize the attack on the U.S. Capitol, or even erase it all together.

Protesters confronted police over the shooting ...

抖阴ap: To stop these horrifying killings of Black men, our whole system of policing must be fundamentally altered

April 15, 2021 at 10:33 a.m.

Something is horrifyingly wrong. And yet, the killings keep happening. Brown and Floyd are not even the bookends. There were many before them, and there will be many after.

Mike Mueller and Paige Mackey-Murray, Boulder ...

抖阴ap: I want a society in which there are fewer guns sold and fewer guns in circulation

March 25, 2021 at 4:49 p.m.

I want more gun regulation, severe gun regulation, the kind that most elected Democrats dare not speak of, the kind that scares the gun cult.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives ...

Blow: Democrats repent for Bill Clinton’s crime bill and welfare reform

March 15, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.

Former President Bill Clinton鈥檚 record, particularly with respect to Black and brown Americans and the poor, was marked by catastrophic miscalculation.

Blow: Avoiding the Obama-era silence trap

January 25, 2021 at 4:16 p.m.

Democratic politicians too often live under the illusion that if they moderate their aspirations and asks, they can appease the mushy middle of the electorate, often white, that sees no...

Jack Worthington, prepares a stack of ...

Charles M. Blow: We waited in vain for a repudiation that never came

November 5, 2020 at 3:17 p.m.

We Waited in Vain for a Repudiation That Never Came

President Donald Trump during a visit to U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Fla., July 10, 2020. “It is Trump’s politicization of the virus that has resulted in a new surge of cases in this country when many other developed nations have been able to shrink the number of cases among their people,” writes New York Times columnist Charles Blow.

Blow: American horror, starring Donald Trump

July 14, 2020 at 10:35 a.m.

People are rebelling against isolation, and against science and public health. They want the old world back, the pre-COVID-19 world back, but it cannot be had. The virus doesn鈥檛 feel...

Blow: Yes, even George Washington

June 29, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

Slave owners should not be honored with monuments in public spaces. We have museums for that, which also provide better context. This is not an erasure of history, but rather...

Blow: Destructive power of despair

June 2, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

The protests are not necessarily about George Floyd鈥檚 killing in particular, but about the savagery and carnage that his death represents: The nearly unchecked ability of the state to act...

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