Jonathan Capehart
Jonathan Capehart
Opinion Writer

Jonathan Capehart is a member of the Post editorial board and writes about politics and social issues for the PostPartisan blog. He is also an MSNBC contributor, appearing regularly on Morning Joe and other dayside programs. Prior to joining The Post in 2007, Capehart was the deputy editor of New York Daily News’s editorial page from 2002 to 2005. He worked as a policy adviser to Michael Bloomberg in his successful campaign for mayor of New York City, he was a national affairs columnist for Bloomberg News from 2000 to 2001, and he was a member of the Daily News editorial board from 1993 to 2000. Capehart and the Daily News editorial board won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for their series on the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Latest by Jonathan Capehart

With some critics, Obama can't win

With some critics, Obama can't win

The president's detractors fail to take a 360-degree view of what they are demanding from him and ignore what he's actually done.

Tornado devastates Oklahoma

Tornado devastates Oklahoma

"Your heart hurts looking at these images."

All laughs in the president's club

All laughs in the president's club

There's something especially rich and sentimental about a photo from the opening of George W. Bush's library and museum. In the president's club all is forgiven, it seems.

Being gay can (still) get you killed

Being gay can (still) get you killed

For all my cheerleading of the advances the gay community has made, I know that things are not as wonderful as they could be or should be.