Outside the Beltway

Why can’t some of us handle the truth?

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

A recent poll provides interesting insights.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Considering Breonna Taylor’s death, police shootings, and human rights.

New numbers show more consistency.

This really is the heart of the issue.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

A Chicago police officer convicted of second-degree murder has been sentenced to seven years in prison, but could be out in as little as three-and-a-half.

Former Dallas police office Amber Guyger has been charged with murder in connection with the September shooting of Botham Jean in his own apartment.

The shooting of Botham Jean by off-duty Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger earlier this month seems like a clear cut murder. So why is she only charged with manslaughter?

In a new interview, the President says that he doesn’t believe that N.F.L. players who kneel during the National Anthem have a real issue.

Most Americans disagree with Trump on the N.F.L. National Anthem protests, but Republicans are behind him.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

After two questionable police shootings, protests erupted overnight in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

We’re further from a public option than we were in 2009. The need for it has become more acute.

A horrific night in Dallas.

Two cases quite a distance from each other, but in both police seem to be acting with a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ attitude, especially when it comes to African-American men.

The anti-Muslim rhetoric Donald Trump has been using on the campaign trail has shown up in a recruitment video for an al Qaeda off-shoot group.

The decision by a Cleveland Grand Jury to decline to indict a police officer in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raises once again questions about how the law handles shootings involving police officers.

The Justice Department has launched a widespread investigation into the operation of the Chicago Police Department in the wake of the murder of LaQuan McDonald.

A Chicago Police Officer has been charged with murder in the death of a 17 year old African-American male that, from the evidence that has been released, seems completely unjustifiable.

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

President Obama gave an interesting and somewhat unusual interview to a podcaster late last week, but the media is obsessed over a single word.

A Judge in Cleveland has found that there is probable cause to charge a Cleveland Police Officer with murder in the death of Tamir Rice, but that is hardly the end of the matter.

A volunteer for an Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department killed a suspect thanks to what can only be described as extreme criminal negligence.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

The numbers don’t lie.

We should not tolerate them acting otherwise.