Charles F. Coleman Jr.
Charles F. Coleman Jr. is a civil rights attorney and a former Brooklyn, New York, prosecutor. He is an MSNBC legal analyst. Follow him on Twitter @CFColemanJr.
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Charles F. Coleman Jr.
Opinion
In the first year of Trump 2.0, he rolled back civil rights. Project 2025 demands more.
Trump began an assault on civil rights during his first term, and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 laid out in great details his plans to further reverse hard-earned civil rights gains.
Opinion
The EEOC’s open call to white men is this administration’s latest mockery of civil rights law
Considerations about bleak employment prospects for Black workers fall much more closely in line with the federal agency’s historical mission and work.
MS NOW Opinion
However his federal trial ends, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs should remain the pariah he now is
Combs has denied all the charges the government has brought against him and rejected a plea deal.
MS NOW Opinion
Rep. Al Green set the bar for Democrats. Most of them failed to meet it.
As the country has watched Trump and his appointees reshape American government in less than 50 days, the demands that Democrats fight back have grown increasingly louder.
MS NOW Opinion
The incredible privilege of convicted felon Donald Trump
If Trump escaping punishment feels inconsistent, unfair or even unjust, then that’s because it is.
MS NOW Opinion
Kendrick Lamar rapped ‘They Not Like Us,’ and Drake decided to prove it
Drake is suggesting that Universal Music Group chose to “artificially inflate” Kendrick Lamar’s song that blasted him.
MS NOW Opinion
Harris and this Election Day represent the promise of Howard University
Vice President Kamala Harris watching the election results at Howard University is not only an authentic choice, but it is also, perhaps, the only choice.
MS NOW Opinion
Kamala Harris needs to start talking about policing — for Sonya Massey’s sake
It is unclear whether, in this pivotal moment, 10 years after Ferguson, the Democratic Party is committed to addressing deadly police violence.
MS NOW Opinion
Drake and Kendrick Lamar battle for the soul of hip-hop
Kendrick Lamar’s argument that the culture needs defending against one of the most commercially popular artists of our day is hugely significant.
MS NOW Opinion
The irony of O.J. Simpson being a wedge between Black and white Americans
Unlike the more activist Black athletes of his era, Simpson had chosen to avoid tough questions about American racism in exchange for status, fame and endorsements.