Outside the Beltway

The Needle is Broken

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

Blue and red states alike are ending mask mandates and other restrictions.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

The CDC is weighing changing the definition of “fully vaccinated.”

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

The two-time Pulitzer winner is considering a career change.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A defense of the indefensible.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Framing matters.

A great character actor is gone.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

The GA14 House race.

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

This is more about structural conditions than it is about the GOP.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.