Mauve Quarterly: Volume 2, Issue 2

June 2021: The year since George Floyd. How’s America doing? Read how the pandemic and protests spawned a mission right here. Plus, the Best of Spring. And what are we looking forward to for Summer? Maude reports.

A Man Named Floyd

No one would honestly say America was in a great place before May 25, 2020. But on that day, the death of one man changed it forever.

Triumph of the Girl

State laws are quickly materializing to prohibit athletic competition between cisgender girls and transgender girls, among other things. But nobody seems to mind girls besting boys. Another look at how society views girls and boys, and what it says to them.

In My Left Hand

The power balance of the U.S. federal government has tilted to the left. What should liberals do if they want to keep voters on board? And what should the right expect? Maude shares some suggestions.

Three Days in America

In a long-term memory that’s both extensive and detailed, I have just a palmful of “JFK moments”–the ones in which you remember exactly what you were doing and how everything felt at an historic moment, so well you can instantly, mentally put yourself right back in it.

Mauve Quarterly: Volume One!

December 2020: A Year in . . . what was that exactly? How’s America doing? Read how The Mauve Report got started, and how it really got going. Plus, the Best of Autumn. And what are we looking forward to for Winter? Maude reports.

Exhibit Q

America reckons with the most powerful conspiracy theory it’s ever seen. But it’s all been seen before.

Thirteenth of March — Part Two

“A shock to the conscience . . .” Three Louisville narcotics officers go on the raid they will never forget.

Sound Off

Twelve days before Election Day, tonight is the “final” Presidential debate of 2020, though many would argue that there hasn’t been one yet. After the first debate between the Presidential candidates melted down into a puddle of insults, interruptions, low blows, and deflections (maybe you’d prefer to read it) . . .