Outside the Beltway

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Localities are consolidating local elections to coincide with national ones. Some don’t like that.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

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

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

Some new data are encouraging.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

The implications of modes of interpretation.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

People are resisting going back to the office.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

More on self-identification and partisan ID.

This time: some multi-party examples.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

Science and insanity don’t mix.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

A former cast member charges that the show about equality wasn’t equal.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

What we know of the American servicemembers killed.

The long demographic trend continues.

A massive investment falls just short. This time.

He has nominated only 304 people out 1,200+ that require Senate confirmation.

Critical race theory rears its ugly head yet again.

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

Well, nothing of course.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

For now, at least, it can shift millions of its earnings to Luxembourg.

Should wills have an expiration date?

The least controversial subject in school is suddenly controversial.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

New screening procedures follow a Department-wide stand-down.

An interesting but uneven debate.

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

Yes, partisanship is real. And it influences more than just voting behavior.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.