(1)  Jacob Levy gives a clear-eyed account of identity politics and the 2016 election.

(2)  Andrew Gelman on Bayesian statistics.

(3)  “Teenagers’ use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco declined significantly in 2016 at rates that are at their lowest since the 1990s.”

(4)  “[D]espite the growth in large metropolitan areas driven by racial minorities, the neighborhoods in which whites live have become only modestly more diverse since the 2000 Census.”

(5)  Pew on education levels of various religious groups across the world.

(6)  Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama.