The Glenn Show

The most significant moments of the second debate ... Did politics influence the Clinton email investigation? ... How Democrats have failed African Americans ... What Trump gets wrong about stop-and-frisk ... Is fighting implicit bias possible? ... Should African Americans desert the Democratic party? ... Would a resounding loss at the polls defeat Trumpism? ...

Why Trump's rhetoric overrides logic ... Glenn: We should engage Trump on race, even if he's wrong ... Why Glenn and John choose their battles carefully ... Engaging with "the other side" of racial politics ... The edifying value of argument ...

Trump lost the debate, but will it help Hillary? ... How much should the health of presidential candidates matter? ... Harold’s “evidence-based optimism” about violence in Chicago ... Who should extend an olive branch, Black Lives Matter or the police? ... What Hillary gets right and wrong about racial bias ... Plumbing the depths of partisan animosity ...

Larry Kotlikoff explains his write-in presidential campaign ... What does Larry bring to the table? ... Larry's platform on healthcare... ... ...and international security... ... ...and trade and immigration ... Taxes and the "poverty gap" ... Should police carry non-lethal weapons? ...

Is it worth debating whether Trump is a racist at heart? ... Oversimplified narratives about black Americans ... The trouble with Ta-Nehisi Coates's white fans ... Is racism on the rise? (John doesn't think so) ... The double-edged sword of race-based identity ... Insights from the book Hillbilly Elegy ...

Glenn's upcoming semester (as discussed with his family!) ... Alden: Black communities can't rely on party politics ... Race, class, and self-identity ... A defense of Trumpism (but not an endorsement) ... Alden's critique of charter schools ... Glenn and Alden debate the virtues of charter schools ...

Can data answer, "What if Alton Sterling had been white?" ... Rajiv's critique of Roland Fryer's study on police use of force ... Why interpreting data on police shootings is so hard ... Can we choose not to act on our biases? ... Is it okay to be rude to cops? ... Why whites may be disproportionately affected by bad policing ...

How should Black Lives Matter respond to anti-police violence? ... Glenn: BLM should show compassion for police ... John: A list of whites wrongfully killed by cops exists, and it's long ... Why BLM needs white allies ... Grading Obama's recent town hall on race ... Deep lessons from the movie Barber Shop 2 ...

Heather: Policing isn't the problem, crime is ... Why race-based police shootings aren't an epidemic ... What do the statistics on police shootings really mean? ... Why don't black people trust the cops? ... The "impossible dilemma" ...

Harold on the loss of police legitimacy ... Should black leaders stick up for cops? ... Harold's advice for Black Lives Matters and police advocates ... Glenn: BLM lacks a moral foundation ... What can BLM learn from the Civil Rights Movement? ... Glenn and Harold debate Ta-Nehisi Coates's latest essay ...