Outside the Beltway

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

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

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

A new poll has a majority of respondents saying the President is a racist. He won’t care.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

Contemporaneous polling says Yes.

The President unleashed another racist attack, this time on Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans oppose statehood for the District of Columbia.

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.

The lineups for the second Democratic debate are set, and they include some interesting pairings.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

Republican Bill Lee is coming under fire for continuing an annual tradition.

Well, of course they are.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

POLITICO reports that some Democratic activists think she went too far.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a Seattle-area florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

The Supreme Court declined to rule on the merits in a case dealing with a Oregon baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

The Democratic frontrunner is being wrongly blamed for an explosion in the prison population.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s patently unconstitutional abortion law.

As the Administration continues to stonewall legitimate requests from Congress for documents and witnesses, pressure is growing on Speaker Pelosi to authorize the opening of an impeachment inquiry.

The House has passed legislation that would extend the protections of the Civil Rights Act to LGBT Americans, but it is probably doomed in the Senate.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears poised to uphold the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Sanders’ suggestion is not as outside democratic norms as one might think.

The Justice Department has issued a damning report.

The esteemed biographer on his process.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.