Newsletter: 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 Manhattan Institute; Political Science Professor at City College of New York–CUNY     Here is what…

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Newsletter: 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 Manhattan Institute; Political Science Professor at City College of New York–CUNY     Here is what…

September 17, 2023

Newsletter: Is Legalizing Marijuana A Mistake?

ARGUING YES Paul J. Larkin, Jr. Senior Legal Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation ARGUING YES Teresa Haley Senior Policy Advisor at the Foundation for Drug Policy Solution ARGUING NO Toi Hutchinson CEO of the…

September 10, 2023

Newsletter: Do Unions Work For The Economy?

ARGUING YES Steven Greenhouse Veteran Labor Journalist at The New York Times; Author of "Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor" GUEST MODERATOR Nick Gillespie Editor-at-Large of Reason ARGUING NO Allison Schrager…

September 03, 2023

Newsletter: Is Objectivity Essential to Journalism?

ARGUING YES Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist at The New York Times ARGUING NO Leonard Downie, Jr. Former Executive Editor of The Washington Post GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist; Executive Producer and Co-host of "On with Kara Swisher"…

August 27, 2023

Newsletter: Should We Erase Bad Memories

ARGUING YES Nita Farahany Author of "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" ARGUING NO Sigal Samuel Senior Reporter for Vox Future Perfect; Co-host of the…

August 20, 2023

Newsletter: Does Color Blindness Perpetuate Racism?

ARGUING YES Jamelle Bouie Columnist at The New York Times ARGUING NO Coleman Hughes Host of the “Conversations with Coleman” podcast; Contributing Writer at The Free Press     Here is what we have in store this…

August 13, 2023

Newsletter: Should NATO Admit Ukraine?

ARGUING YES Garry Kasparov Founder of Renew Democracy Initiative; Former World Chess Champion ARGUING NO Charles Kupchan Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations; Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University GUEST MODERATOR Gillian…

August 06, 2023

Newsletter: Is Social Media Bad For Kids' Mental Health?

ARGUING YES Jim Steyer CEO and Founder of Common Sense Media ARGUING NO Candice Odgers Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics at the University of California, Irvine     Here is what we have in…

July 30, 2023

Newsletter: Is The FDA Too Cautious?

ARGUING YES Colin Hill CEO and Co-Founder of Aitia, Developer of AI-Powered Clinical Trials ARGUING NO Peter Lurie President at the Center for Science in the Public Interest; Former Associate Commissioner at the Food and…

July 23, 2023

Newsletter: Should Prosecutors Pursue Minor Crimes?

ARGUING YES John Milhiser Former U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois ARGUING NO Paul Butler Former Federal Prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice; Professor at Georgetown University Law Center     Here is what…

July 09, 2023

Newsletter: Will Millennials Be Left Behind?

ARGUING YES Jill Filipovic Journalist, lawyer, and author ARGUING NO Scott Winship Senior Fellow and Director of the Center of Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute GUEST MODERATOR Nick Gillespie Editor-at-Large of Reason…

July 02, 2023

Newsletter: Should The Government Raise The Retirement Age?

ARGUING YES Marc Goldwein Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget ARGUING NO Teresa Ghilarducci Labor Economist; Professor of Economics and Policy Analysis at The New School…

June 25, 2023
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