Outside the Beltway

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

A counterintuitive move.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

Back when people were kinder and man’s word was his bond.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

Those who refuse to learn about the past often perpetuate its mistakes.

Today’s youth cohort might actually vote.

A quick follow-up to a previous post.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

The rioting never seems to stop.

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

Another call for letting kids be kids.

In a world of fixed positions, is debating in good faith really worth it?

Some interesting (and potentially disturbing) polling trends.

Our surroundings quite literally change how we see the world.

A perennial question.

There’s a fine line between upholding cultural norms and structural racism.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Teachers are frustrated over interference from outside.

Whither American civil religion?

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

It goes deeper than base names.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

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

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

A major milestone has been reached.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

Sometimes people just change jobs.

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.