Bluegrass Beat

He’s running. Yes, him. Her too. And definitely Andy.

When we’re more than three years away from the next presidential election, like right now, politicians are usually described as…

Mar 31 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

October 2024

November 2023

From the city to the sprawl

From the block to the burbs

Nov 8, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

August 2023

Have conservative voters in states like Kentucky chastened the conservatives on the Supreme Court?

Laura Moyer is a political scientist at the University of Louisville who specializes in studying the American judicial system.

Aug 22, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

“I will fully fund public education, including transporting your kid to school.”

Emilie McKiernan Blanton teaches English to 9th graders at Southern High School in Louisville.

Aug 16, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

Could tenants unions become a powerful political force in the way that labor unions already are?

The Louisville Tenants Union, which was formed last year, is bringing negative attention to property management companies who treat their residents…

Aug 14, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

How religious nationalism is affecting Kentucky, U.S. and world politics

David Buckley is a political science professor at the University of Louisville who specializes in the connections between religion and democracy, both…

Aug 10, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

“Race still does matter as an identity and as a way that people experience the world”

After graduating from high school in Lexington, Andrew Brennen headed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Aug 7, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

How Louisville could become the home of more major companies--and more people who work from their homes

Chris Otts is a reporter at WDRB, one of the tv networks here in Louisville.

Aug 1, 2023 • 

Perry Bacon Jr

July 2023