On Oct. 17, 1912, a woman identified only as “Mrs. F. Cameron-Falconet” went to the Clark Street police station and, as the Tribune reported, asked the Chicago cops to rescue her daughter, 19 and white, “from the clutches of Jack Johnson, Negro heavyweight champion pugilist.” That opened a racial...

Peter Strzok’s humiliation is a message to public servants: Here’s what will happen to you if you cross the president.

News consumers see media folks worrying about threats that don’t exist while ignoring actual incidents of violence by people the media doesn’t wish to offend.