Is a Trump presidency better for your bank account?

ARGUING YES Oren Cass Executive Director of American Compass   ARGUING NO David McIntosh President of the Club for Growth   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist and Co-Host of the Semafor Podcast “Mixed Signals”  …

Debate: Is the Republican Party’s Refusal to Raise Taxes Fiscally Irresponsible?
LEARN MORE
TOPIC
CLEAR X
Culture
Economics
Education
Energy
Environment
Finance
Health
Law
Politics
Religion
Science
Sports
Tech
U.S.
World
ARCHIVE
to gain access to our full archive, please: LOG in / Become a member
CLEAR ALL X
2024
2023
2022
to gain access to our full archive,
please: LOG in / Become a member

Is a Trump presidency better for your bank account?
ARGUING YES Oren Cass Executive Director of American Compass   ARGUING NO David McIntosh President of the Club for Growth   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist and Co-Host of the Semafor Podcast “Mixed Signals”  …
November 18, 2024

The American Dream - Thriving or Dying
ARGUING YES David Leonhardt Pulitzer Prize winner; Senior Writer for The New York Times and The Morning newsletter; Author of “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream”   ARGUING NO Michael…
November 11, 2024

Newsletter: Nate Silver on The Art of Risking Everything: Politics, Money, Power
OUR GUEST Nate Silver Leading Political Forecaster; Best-Selling Author; Founder and Former Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight   GUEST MODERATOR Nick Gillespie Editor-at-Large of Reason     This week: New episode: Nate Silver on the 2024 election…
November 4, 2024

Newsletter: Has the Electoral College Outlived Its Usefulness?
Presented in Partnership with    ARGUING YES Jamelle Bouie Columnist for The New York Times   ARGUING YES Kate Shaw Law Professor; Supreme Court Contributor to ABC News   ARGUING NO Tara Ross Author of…
October 28, 2024

Newsletter: Will Kamala Harris or Donald Trump Be Better for America?
ARGUING FOR THE LEFT Pete Dominick Stand-Up Comic; Activist and Advocate; Host of "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick" Podcast; Warm-Up Comedian for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”   ARGUING FOR THE RIGHT Jimmy Failla…
October 21, 2024

Newsletter: Should Israel Strike Iran?
ARGUING YES Michael Doran Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute   ARGUING NO Shira Efron Senior Director of Policy Research at the…
October 15, 2024

Newsletter: Were Israel’s Actions in the Gaza War Justified?
ARGUING YES Eylon Levy Former Spokesperson for Israel in the October 7th War; Co-Founder of the Israeli Citizen Spokespersons' Office; Host of the “State of a Nation” Podcast   ARGUING NO Mehdi Hasan Founder, Editor-in-Chief,…
October 7, 2024

Election 2024 Newsletter: Are Identity Politics Holding Us Back?
Presented in Partnership with    ARGUING YES Coleman Hughes Host of the “Conversations with Coleman” Podcast; Contributing Writer at The Free Press; Author of “The End of Race Politics”   ARGUING NO Alicia Garza Founder…
September 30, 2024

Newsletter: Is the ICC’s Warrant Against Netanyahu Justified?
ARGUING YES Kenneth Roth Former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; Professor at the Princeton School of International Affairs   ARGUING NO Eugene Kontorovich Law Professor at George Mason University; Executive Director of Scalia Law…
September 16, 2024

Discourse Correction Study: Trump vs. Biden Update
The first presidential debate of 2024 between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was historic for two reasons: First, President Biden’s weak performance set in motion a political movement that resulted in his withdrawal from the…
September 10, 2024

Newsletter: Is Wokeness in Public Schools Helping or Hurting Students?
FOR HELPING Altheria Caldera Senior Professorial Lecturer in the School of Education at American University   FOR HURTING Ian Rowe Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; Founder of Vertex Partnership Academies   MODERATOR John…
September 9, 2024

Newsletter Revisiting: Does America Need A Third Party?
ARGUING YES Andrew Yang Founder of the Forward Party; Former Presidential Candidate   ARGUING NO Daniel DiSalvo Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute; Political Science Professor at City College of New York–CUNY   MODERATOR John…
September 3, 2024
Load More

FEATURED

Explore All

MOST READ

Explore All

Upcoming Debates

DEBATE COMMUNITY
Join a community of social and intellectual leaders that truly value the free exchange of ideas.
BECOME A MEMBER
EDUCATIONAL BRIEFS
Readings on our weekly debates, debater editorials, and news on issues that affect our everyday lives.
NEWSLETTER
SUPPORT OPEN-MINDED DEBATE
Help us bring debate to communities and classrooms across the nation.
DONATE