Facts That Contradict Common Narratives About The United States

November 17, 2025

There are a ton of false narratives that circulate widely in and about the US. To help combat that, here's a list I've been compiling of facts that contradict common narratives related to the US that many people believe. In some cases, these facts contradict common beliefs that most Americans hold, whereas in other cases, they contradict beliefs held mainly just by some subgroups (e.g., subgroups on the far right or far left). While I've spent time fact-checking these, I'm very interested in...

To What Extent Are Women In The U.S. Actually More Social Justice Oriented Than Men?

October 30, 2025

There's a claim growing rapidly in popularity that organizations in the US have become much more social justice-oriented/woke over the decades because of the increasing fraction of women in them. Note that this is not a claim about organizations becoming generically progressive or liberal, or about women being progressive-leaning. It's a much more specific claim: that institutions in the US became much more social justice-oriented/woke in (a specific belief system held by some pro...