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Conor FriedersdorfThe Atlantic |
An orphan’s unlikely journey from foster care to Yale, and its lessons for the upper crust The writer Rob Henderson recalls a classmate at Yale,...
Trump brings out the worst in Americans. Haley wouldn’t. If Donald Trump beats Nikki Haley on Saturday in her home state of South Carolina, where he...
If reasonable people disengage, the zealots win. “Divisive,” “corrupt,” and “messy.” That’s how Americans described the state of our...
This newsletter is coming to an end, but my inbox stays open to all of you. Question of the Week If I were to visit you on a journalistic...
“It is painful to watch as our once-proud newspaper has become a shell nearly devoid of meaningful content,” one reader says. Welcome to Up for...
A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in Penn State’s approach to DEI can go to trial, and could shape the future of diversity programs on...
Plus: A revisionist history of Beavis and Butt-Head Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and...
“I regard pornography as the fast food of sex: A little bit here and there won’t hurt anyone, but it’s not something to consume regularly,”...
Plus: Malaise among Americans Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses...
Voting age, atheism, abortion, language education, and more Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations...
The counterintuitive case for ignoring a university chancellor’s X-rated flicks. Eight years ago, a middle-aged husband and wife in Wisconsin...
Plus: Is declining fertility a failure of capitalism? Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and...
Contending with higher education in America Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits...
Plus: An argument for life after death Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader...
The identitarian left cannot go on as it did before the attacks. America’s free-speech culture is in sudden flux and some peril. Since October 7,...
“I’ll take my kid playing PlayStation all night over getting drunk and driving around, that’s for sure,” one reader says. Welcome to Up for...
“Gender defined every generation until Gen X,” one reader argues. “It has been both challenging and wonderful to see those barriers become more...
Plus: A theory of the baby bust W elcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and...
What happens when the noble goal of social justice is invoked in ways that corrupt rather than improve? Before immigrating to America from Russia as a...
Readers share stories of social life before technology took over. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely...
Plus: The case for making walls stone again Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits...
Countering “dangerous movements at home might be the most productive thing we can do to maintain a convincing voice abroad,” one reader argues. ...
Plus: What foreign-policy matters are most important to you and why? Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely...
“At this point in my life, the pros outweigh the cons,” one reader argued. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up...
Plus: extremism on both the left and the right Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits...
Florida’s shutdown of pro-Palestinian student groups was wrong. But was it illegal? Late last month, the chancellor of Florida’s university...
“Rather than weakening us, doubt can provide strength and resilience,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf...
How should citizens outside the region handle their differences of opinion? Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely...
“The problem with this dilemma you pose is that it takes a great deal of ‘wisdom’ to know when to apply either approach,” one reader argues. ...
Plus: When should people try to better the world through their job? Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely...
“I hope Israel looks hard at what the U.S. does when provoked and does better,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor...
By excusing murder and kidnapping, activist groups have already changed campus politics in America. Campus politics in America irrevocably changed...
At stake: the First Amendment rights and academic freedom of 61,000 professors who teach 1.9 million students Attacks on faculty rights are frequent...
“I feel like it is a race, and I do not have the crystal ball to see the outcome,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor...
Plus: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on why freedom of expression is crucial to writers Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up...
“Human history is littered with good leaders who stayed too long,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf...
Plus: controversy over a talk about racial color-blindness Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and...
“Our century-long love affair with all things automotive dooms the driverless concept to a niche market,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for...
Plus: The strongest case against Hasan Minhaj’s “emotional truths” Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely...
“My trust is more fragile than 10 years ago,” one reader writes, “because I can see very easily how our institutions could be completely...
Plus: A case for a new veep Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to...
“True color-blindness isn’t easy. It takes familiarity and practice,” one reader argues. Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor...