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

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.

No 'choice' in being gay and 'ordinary'

No 'choice' in being gay and 'ordinary'

Let me let you in on a little secret about the gays. We're not all that special.

7 pics of p-Op culture

7 pics of p-Op culture

"Space Oddity," Darrell Issa, "shameful," Kermit Gosnell, rain, Benghazi, "Stefan," IRS, Brad Pitt's wife and St. Tropez. They all made their way into the national discourse this week. But how?

Gun march leader's 'criminal' view of the law

Gun march leader's 'criminal' view of the law

If you don't think you should take the July 4 gun march seriously perhaps a television interview from May 9 will snap you out of it.