Conor Friedersdorf
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Getty; The Atlantic Liberation or Folly? Your Takes on Artificial Wombs
Or, “if you squint a little, artificial wombs look like a solution that can satisfy everyone.”
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Sigbe Øllgaard / Getty Artificial Wombs Birth a Complex Controversy
Plus: The paradox of protecting houses of worship
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Getty; The Atlantic Your Presidential Picks: Adam Silver, Tyler Cowen, Stacey Abrams
Plus: The case for a younger woman to lead us
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John Macdougall / AFP / Getty Do Uyghur Lives Matter to Americans?
Plus: Who would you appoint as POTUS?
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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.
