Jeremy Pierce (Ph.D., philosophy) and Neil Shenvi (Ph.D. chemistry, who has read over 10,000 pages of critical theory) discuss the ideas behind critical race theory, critical social justice, cultural Marxism, critical social justice, and other labels associated with social issues. They identify the truths that lie behind the main claims and observations of these approaches, while offering a critique of ways those are too often taken well beyond those core truths.