Church Attendance Is Falling. The Religious Right Is Rising. Black Faith Doesn’t Fit Either Story.
National data shows organized religion shrinking even as the religious right gains political power. Marcus Hart on why that binary leaves out how most Black faith communities actually practice belief — and what that means for public life.
Wisconsin’s Prisons Are Nearing a Record High. Evers Just Reopened a Door That’s Been Sealed Since 2001.
Wisconsin’s prison population is approaching an all-time high while Gov. Evers restarts a commutation process frozen for 25 years. Marcus Hart on what that gap means for Milwaukee families, and what actual reentry investment would look like.
America Just Hit a 47% Independent High. Nobody’s Building Anything For Us.
Nearly half the country now refuses to call itself Democrat or Republican — the highest share in over a decade. Marcus Hart on why that number should terrify both parties, and why nobody’s actually building for the voters it describes.
Georgia Spent $54 Million Proving a Point About Medicaid Work Requirements. It Only Spent $26 Million Helping People.
A federal watchdog report found Georgia’s Medicaid work-requirement experiment spent more than twice as much on bureaucracy as it did on actual medical care — and Washington just extended it anyway. This is what accountability looks like when nobody’s actually watching.
MLB Is the Most Republican Locker Room in Pro Sports. The WNBA Is the Most Democratic. Neither Fact Tells You Anything Useful.
A new study mapped the political registration of athletes across every major U.S. pro league. The numbers are being read as a culture-war scoreboard. They’re actually a story about geography, class, and who gets to be seen as political in the first place.
Wisconsin Still Hasn’t Passed the CROWN Act. Milwaukee Employers Are Left to Decide On Their Own What Counts as “Professional” Hair.
Twenty-seven states have banned hair discrimination outright. Wisconsin’s version has stalled in the legislature two sessions running, which means whether a Black employee’s locs or braids are “workplace appropriate” still depends on who’s doing the hiring.
The VA and HHS Just Announced a Psychedelic Therapy Partnership for Veterans. Black Veterans Should Read the Fine Print.
A new federal partnership will fast-track research into psychedelic treatments for veteran PTSD. That’s genuinely promising — and it lands on top of a documented racial gap in care that no new drug pipeline fixes by itself.
Milwaukee’s Murder Rate Is Falling. The City Is About to Test Whether It Believes Its Own Data.
Homicides are down 30%, shootings down 27%, carjackings down 34% — and the people who did it aren’t the police department. Milwaukee’s violence prevention workers just proved a theory. Now comes the harder question: will the city keep funding it?
Drake Lost Another Million-Dollar Bet. The Joke Is Funnier Than the Habit It’s Normalizing.
Drake’s public betting losses have become a meme. Marcus Hart on why the “Drake curse” joke is covering for a much more serious story about how celebrity-driven sports betting culture is shaping a generation’s relationship with money.
The NFL Is Turning Into the NBA. What That Says About What We Actually Want From Our Athletes Now.
Tunnel-walk fashion, viral sideline moments, and personal branding are reshaping football’s culture in real time. Marcus Hart on what the NFL’s shift toward NBA-style identity says about a generation redefining masculinity in public.