Outside the Beltway

Yet another object lesson in why active efforts at inclusiveness are vital.

Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

Downplaying earlier reports, the National Football League is shooting down reports that it would move to force players to stand for the National Anthem.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

A Nurse in Utah stood up for her patient’s rights, and was harassed by the police for her efforts.

President Trump’s attempts to interfere in the administration of justice go beyond the Russia investigation.

After a highly contentious nomination process, Jeff Sessions was confirmed last night as the new Attorney General of the United States.

Despite a video that clearly shows what appears to be cold-blooded murder, the trial of a South Carolina cop who shot an African-American man in the back while he ran away ended in a hung jury. Fortunately, this isn’t the end of the road.

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

Blue feelings matter.

After four straight losses, prosecutors in Baltimore are throwing in the towel in the Freddie Gray case.

Another acquittal in Baltimore leads to questions about whether or not prosecutors should continue with the trials against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray matter.

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.

If you listened to politicians or the media, you wouldn’t know that homicide rates are at a level unseen since 1963.

The trial of the man who was believed to be the most culpable in the death of Freddie Gray has been acquitted, calling the entire prosecution strategy into question.

The Supreme Court has once again issued a ruling that further chips away at the protections of the Fourth Amendment.

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.

The October 2014 shooting of 17 year old LaQuan McDonald is beginning to have a political impact in Chicago and could have national political implications as well.

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.

Massive boycotts and protests likely spell the end of Tim Wolfe’s tenure as president.

A new poll shows that the vast majority of Americans oppose Kim Davis’s refusal to follow the law, even while some Republican candidates rally behind her.

Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.

A police officer in Cincinnati has been indicted for murder in a case that seems to be a pretty clear cut example of improper use of force.