Conor Friedersdorf
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Getty; The Atlantic Congress Should Step Up on Pandemic Policy
Sweeping decisions that change how society operates should be made by the legislative branch, not unelected bureaucrats.
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Emily Keegin / Getty Your Thoughts on Parent-Teacher Conflicts
Three very different answers to one question
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Pete Kiehart / Redux The Contested Significance of January 6
Surveying the divide as America marked a fraught anniversary
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Adria Malcolm / The New York Times / … Justice Reformers Need to Update Their Priors
As a long decline in murder rates reverses, proponents of draconian law enforcement shouldn’t be allowed to monopolize the discussion.
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Nick Paleologos / Bloomberg / Getty; The Atlantic Your Starkly Different Perspectives on Omicron
The one common denominator: frustration.
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Nick Paleologos / Bloomberg / Getty Omicron and the Return to Normalcy
Are precautions still needed as endemicity seems to come into view?
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Bernat Armangue / AP U.S. Drone Strikes Are Even Worse Than We Knew
Plus: The debate over experimental COVID-19 treatments, and the case for allowing journalists into hospitals
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The Asahi Shimbun / Getty; The Atlantic Your Most Controversial Food Opinions
Readers weigh in on eating habits, politics, and morality.
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The Asahi Shimbun / Getty The Case for Industrial Food
Plus: Write in with your most controversial culinary opinions.
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Scott Strazzante / The San Francisco Chronicle / … What a Progressive Utopia Does to Outdoor Dining
In San Francisco and elsewhere in California, the red tape that prevented dining alfresco before the pandemic is starting to grow back.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; The Atlantic There Are More Than Two Sides to the Abortion Debate
Readers share their perspectives.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty A Tragic Conflict of Competing Goods
Searching for nuance at a pivotal moment in the abortion debate
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Getty; The Atlantic A Better Conversation Than Social Media
Join a thoughtful new dialogue on controversies around COVID, incarceration, and more
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Han Castanedo Welcome to Up for Debate
Let’s converse here, instead of on social media.
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Sean Krajacic / Getty Universities Try to Force a Consensus About Kyle Rittenhouse
Instead of using his acquittal to promote vigorous discussion, many administrators sent out statements decrying the verdict.
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Vincenzo Pinto / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic Pope Francis Is Right About My Profession
Journalists need to get out more.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / Getty; The Atlantic The Medical Establishment Embraces Leftist Language
New guidelines urge doctors to talk like social-justice ideologues. Whether patients understand them is beside the point.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Why Never Trumpers Should Bet on DeSantis Now
The Florida governor is flawed, but within normal parameters. The former president poses a unique threat.
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Craig Warga / Bloomberg / Getty A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy
A bizarre controversy over a party invitation exposes choices typically made behind closed doors at an elite school.
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The Print Collector / Getty; The Atlantic America’s Blue and Red Tribes Aren’t So Far Apart
The culture war over vaccination would be less dire if the two sides understood their similarities.
