Race and gender identity politics have been in decline in recent years, except, alas, at universities (see our HOTLINE item last week on how Republicans are an endangered species in the Yale faculty lounge) and in the newsrooms.

The Washington Post maintains a page on its website with the makeup of its workforce – even broken out by different sections within the paper. Sounds like quotas to us.

Not to be outdone, The New York Times, publishes a “diversity and inclusion” report:

The Times also maintains a Wirecutter section – focused on reviews of consumer products – and there is a page on its website that breaks out the demographic profile of its writers. We guess it’s good to know that a diverse workforce is behind reviews of everything from sweaters to carpet cleaners.

Here’s a radical idea for the Post, the Times, and every other media outlet: publish data on ideological diversity. For example, what percentages of staff at these publications have ever voted Republican in a presidential campaign? Tell us how many of the writers and editors are registered D versus R.

Fat chance of that ever happening.