Racism
Black Votes Matter: The New Fifth Column
Comedian Andrew Schulz joins to talk race, Gary Johnson, and other unmentionables
Basket of Aleppos, Moynihan's Porn, and Uncle Tom's Yeezys: It's the Best Fifth Column Ever!
Your favorite podcast throws a half-year birthday party by rocking 90 minutes on Gary Johnson, Ayn Rand, sex regs, and so much more
Hillary Talks Police Brutality at Debate, Connects Reform to Black-on-Black Violence
Deploys bromides on police training and techniques, but not accountability or transparency.
Euro Logic: We Must Kill Free Speech to Promote Free Speech
Americans must resist the delusional embrace of E.U.-style "hate speech" rules.
Will We Build a Wall Against Chinese Immigrants, Too?
America has never been a "white" country. Economic and cultural nativism is on the rise - and the most un-American idea of all.
Eric Garner's Daughter Blasts Bill de Blasio For Not Releasing Cop's Records
You can change politicians all you want, if you don't change the laws the laws don't change.
Is 49ers' QB Colin Kaepernick Right To Sit During the National Anthem?
Refuses to honor flag of a country he says "oppresses black people and people of color."
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Would Like to Duel a Political Rival
"America's craziest governor" really loses it this time in the form of expletive-filled voicemail.
Hillary Clinton: The Alt-Right Has 'Effectively Taken Over the Republican Party'
Speaking in Nevada, the Democrat denounces Donald Trump as a racist and a conspiracy theorist.
Non-Religious Fundamentalists
Secular and socially-liberal Americans are blasting the French burkini bans. Yet when it comes to spreading "tolerance" here, will we get the message?
Hillary Clinton to Give Alt-Right Recruitment Speech
As Clinton condemns a far-right movement, she'll be giving it a signal boost.
Matt Welch Interviews Radley Balko, Michael Tracey and Others on SiriusXM Insight Channel 121 From 2-4 ET
Criminal justice reform, burkinis, Hillary's upcoming alt-right speech, and Gary Johnson among the topics
Gadsden Goes Safe Space: Twitter Offers Kinder, Gentler Versions of Iconic Flag
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
When Wrongthink Becomes Workplace Harrassment
The EEOC wants to decide whether the Gadsden flag might be racist.
How Race Relations Got Worse
How did we end up in a place where a Fox News host is defending slavery?
Race Wars, Barack Obama, and Barbara Boxer: The Latest Fifth Column
Debating race and politics and policing on a podcast with a little help from wine in a plastic bag
How the War on Drugs Fails Black Communities
Despite generally higher usage rates among white Americans, black Americans are three times likelier to be arrested for possession.
Do We Live in a Nation Riven Asunder Over Race, Policing and Crime?
Matt Welch talks about our wobbly state of the union on tonight's Kennedy.
Watch Matt Welch Talk Policing and Black Lives Matter on MSNBC's AM Joy at 10 a.m. ET
Sorting through a lousy week in police-citizenry relations
NYC Councilman Completely Fabricates Child Sex-Trafficking Ring
Fourteen "attractive girls" have gone missing from the Bronx since July 2014, said Councilman Andy King, and he suspects the worst. There's just one problem...
Brexit, Benghazi, and Virginia Postrel: The Fifth Column Is Back!
The world's best Kmele Foster-hosted libertarian podcast also discusses high-speed rail and doing mushrooms
Anti-Fascists 'Very Proud' of White Nationalist Counter-Protest That Led to Multiple Stabbing Victims
"Beat the fascists. Beat them."
New Episide of The Fifth Column Features Anthony L. Fisher on Muhammad Ali's Anti-War Legacy, and So Much More
Also, Michael Moynihan and Matt Welch talk about what it's like to be among the clapping seals in the audience of Real Time with Bill Maher.
2014 Police Killings Changed the Way Americans View Race
The decisions not to charge the cops responsible caused a spike in concern about race.
Will the Libertarian Party Turn the Trump-Hillary Race Into More Than 1%?
These questions and more debated on the new episode of The Fifth Column
It Takes Exactly Four Tweets From Non-Eyewitnesses to Tar a City as Racist
New York Daily News irresponsibly reports that Cub Jason Heyward was 'blitzed with N-word taunts from Cardinals fans'
The NY Primary, Minimum Wage, Fracking, Chicago's Allegedy Racist Cops, and the Speech Police: The Fifth Column Podcast Returns
Matt Welch, Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan try to figure out who's the real New Yorker
Will the Real Jackie Robinson Finally Be Allowed to Stand Up Tonight?
Ken Burns promises a look at the man behind the mythical barrier-breaking ballplayer. It's about time.
Dear Conservatives: Don't Peddle Racist Garbage If You Are Not Racist
Their growing flirtation with the sick anti-immigration dystopia, Camp of Saints, is disturbing
Vindicated: Professor Whose Students Wanted Her Fired for Politically Incorrect Statements
Andrea Quenette, University of Kansas free speech casualty, will return to class.
Camp of Saints Is a Sick Racist Dystopia and Conservatives Shouldn't Have Anything to Do With It
Restrictionists should try making their case without reviving this vile French book
Would Chris Rock's Edgy Oscars Monologue Get Him Banned from a College Campus?
The comedian confronted Hollywood's race problem, but not in a way that would please the PC left.
Defending Atticus Finch
Atticus will endure, as a good, flawed-and yes, often heroic-man who does not always have the right answers but always tries to live by his conscience.
Why the Hell Did News Organizations Report That Klansmen Came Out to Support Donald Trump in Nevada?
All it takes to convince some irresponsible media outlets is wearing a costume.
Listen to Matt Welch, Kmele Foster, and Michael Moynihan Discuss Whether Americans Are Just Stupid Today at Noon ET on Sirius XM
Channel 121 on your satellite dial; call in at 877-974-7487
Courthouse Won't Give In to Retired Cops Who Say Kid's 'Black Lives Matter' Art Is Hate Speech
"This is the cultural response of a middle school student, here in Central Islip, to present-day America," says chief judge.
Students Object to MLK Quote on Campus Building. Blame Intersectionality.
Political correctness comes to the University of Oregon... with a vengeance.
Google Celebrates Frederick Douglass Today. So Should You, Esp. If You're a Libertarian.
The escaped slave and ouspoken abolitionist was a classical liberal.
MLK Day Open Thread, Featuring Spike Lee & Larry Elder: Is America Still Racist?
Filmmaker boycotts Oscars for being "so white," while radio talker says blacks need to own problems of their own making.
New at Reason: Getting to the Facts Behind the "Neoconfederate Alabama Cops" Story
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
For Maine Gov. Paul LePage, "Cocaine Negroes" Have Given Way to Horny Heroin Dealers
Says "guys by the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty" drive north from New York and Connecticut to sell drugs and knock up local girls.
Alabama Cops, Confederate Flags, Racism, and an Over-Eager Media
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
