Alex Nester is an intern at the Washington Free Beacon and will begin a fellowship with The Public Interest in September. She graduated from Hillsdale College this spring with a bachelor of arts in economics.

Illinois Dem Calls for State to Stop Teaching History

La Shawn Ford says Illinois must develop anti-racist curriculum before teaching history

Alex Nester
August 3, 2020 3:35 PM

A Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives called on the state to stop teaching history in public schools until educators can develop a new, non-racist curriculum.

New York City Shootings Surpass 2019 Total

Shootings up 73 percent from last year, murders up 29 percent

Alex Nester
August 3, 2020 2:15 PM

New York City has already had more shootings this year than in all of 2019, with the city’s 777th shooting this weekend.

This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 4

Chrissy Clark and Alex Nester
August 1, 2020 4:59 AM

Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation's 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.

Seattle City Council Resolution Would Replace Police With ‘Civilian-Led Department’

Alex Nester
July 31, 2020 3:57 PM

The Seattle City Council filed a resolution to defund the city's police department and create a "Civilian-led Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention" on Friday.

Seattle Creates Anti-Bias Training for Whites Only

Alex Nester
July 31, 2020 2:11 PM

Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights created a whites-only racial-bias training program for city employees earlier this summer, according to recently released documents.

MSNBC Host Asks Black Pro-Trump Dem If He’s on Trump Payroll

For the second time this week MSNBC asks black Trump supporter if Trump pays them

Alex Nester
July 30, 2020 3:17 PM

MSNBC host Craig Melvin on Wednesday asked Georgia state representative Vernon Jones, a pro-Trump Democrat, if he was being paid to support President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign—the second time this week the network has asked African-American supporters of the president whether they are on Trump's payroll.

Texas Dem Mike Siegel Touted Parents’ Communist Sympathies

Alex Nester
July 30, 2020 2:10 PM

Mike Siegel, Democratic candidate for Texas's 10th Congressional District, described himself as a "red-diaper baby" and likened his parents’ politics to those of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in a recently resurfaced speech.

Tennessee Dem Charged With Embezzlement

Alex Nester
July 30, 2020 2:00 PM

Federal prosecutors charged a Democratic Tennessee state senator on Wednesday with embezzlement and theft.

Pelosi Endorses Tlaib in Democratic Primary

The House speaker said last year that Tlaib and rest of 'The Squad' 'didn't have any following'

Alex Nester
July 29, 2020 5:35 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) endorsed Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D.) on Wednesday in her Democratic primary contest against Detroit city council president Brenda Jones, in a change of course from her past criticisms of Tlaib and other members of "The Squad."

Dem Senator Accused of Sexism

Alex Nester
July 28, 2020 7:58 PM

Democratic senator Brian Schatz (Hawaii) was accused of sexism Tuesday morning after interrupting a female witness in a Senate subcommittee hearing.