Outside the Beltway

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

A reflection the Trump campaign with helpf from James Baldwin

The anti-DEI party is suddenly really concerned about identity

Is all diversity created equal?

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

Explaining the inexplicable.

It’s harder than I would have thought.

There’s momentum for changing the most controversial Trump era tax change.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

Why can’t some of us handle the truth?

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

The inevitable pushback against the pushback has begun.

A television icon is gone at 101.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

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

Our Pacific territories are giving more than they’re getting.

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 inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

Never waste a tragedy.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Diving into the structure of Alabama’s districts and highlighting deep problems.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

A few people are committing the lion’s share of petty thefts in America’s biggest city.

France shines new light on an old problem.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

The huckster is exploiting bankruptcy laws and the financial regulations to circumvent court judgments.

Whither American civil religion?

A growing trend has healthcare professionals and communities concerned.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

A new milestone in human history.

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

A country music icon is gone at 90.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

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