Jonathan Capehart

Charmaine Vauters holds her hands to the sky during a flower petal throwing ceremony as part of the First African Landing Commemorative Ceremony at Fort Monroe, Va., Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Officials are observing the arrival of enslaved Africans 400 years earlier to what is now Virginia.

Capehart: Dismantling the myth of America and the white men who founded it

August 30, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

All these centuries later, I'm one of those black Americans who believes fervently in the American creed, even with the daily reminders that living while black in America still can...

Capehart: That time Biden came in close, put his forehead on mine

April 2, 2019 at 1:27 p.m.

Was I uncomfortable? Sure. Not many people get in my personal space or do so with such gusto. Did I mind? Truth be told, no.

Demonstrators protest outside the Starbucks ...

Capehart: Why I take Starbucks seriously on race

May 30, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

There is no denying that what Starbucks is doing is a far cry from how other companies dealing with racial incidents are responding.

Congressman John Lewis looks on at the Civil Rights Memorial during a wreath-laying ceremony in Montgomery, Ala., last Saturday.

Capehart: Before “Black Panther,” there was John Lewis, black superhero

March 7, 2018 at 12:15 p.m.

This past weekend was the Faith and Politics Institute's annual civil rights pilgrimage to Selma, Birmingham and Montgomery with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Because I went last year, I didn't...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Navajo code talkers on Monday at the White House.

Capehart: Trump shames the presidency again, this time with Navajos

November 28, 2017 at 10:59 a.m.

Never in a million years did I think the president of the United States would debase the Oval Office with such a flagrantly racist display as President Donald Trump did...

Facebook and Twitter say organizations linked to the Russian government used their platforms to influence American voters during the 2016 election.

Capehart: How we got played by the Russians on Facebook

October 3, 2017 at 5:15 p.m.

The Russians weaponized our ongoing and unresolved racial tensions by filling the Facebook feeds of those susceptible to propaganda with incendiary garbage.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, talks to Chief of Staff of the Army Mark A. Milley prior to a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House on July 31.

Capehart: Why I’m glad the generals are in control in the Trump administration

August 24, 2017 at 5:14 p.m.

John Kelly, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis are serving their country in ways now that safeguard our democracy and Constitution while enduring incredible damage to their names and reputations.

President Donald Trump (left) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on Thursday.

Capehart: What was behind Emmanuel Macron’s firm handshake with Donald Trump?

May 26, 2017 at 3:43 p.m.

The newly elected president of France was told to be prepared for the sometimes awkward and always aggressive handshakes of President Donald Trump. And it happened.

Police officers guard the main entrance of Trump Tower last month in New York City.

Capehart: Why millions fear the looming Trump presidency

November 14, 2016 at 3:47 p.m.

Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post Let me share with you what a friend e-mailed me the other day. "Maybe you have this thing that i have," he wrote, "but i'm...

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Capehart: Donald Trump gets a well-deserved beat-down from Michael Bloomberg

July 28, 2016 at 4:09 p.m.

Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor, used his speech before the Democratic National Convention to build Hillary Clinton up as much as to tear Donald Trump down.

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