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Elaine Thompson / AP Letters: ‘The Orca Should Not Be Seen As a Vanity Project’
Readers reflect on the lessons of a grieving whale
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Letters: Jordan Peterson and ‘The Hyper-Partisan Morass’
Readers discuss the psychology professor’s polarizing take on identity politics, and what it might mean for the left.
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters Letter: The UN Was Never Meant to Prevent Genocide
In the aftermath of Kofi Annan’s death, a reader reflects on the former secretary-general’s tenure—and its place in United Nations history.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Letters: When It Comes to Health Care, ‘Women Must Be Vocal, Be Militant, Be Vigilant, and Be Political’
Readers discuss the challenges of being a patient in the American health-care system.
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Alvaro Barrientos / AP Letters: Would Democratic Socialism Really Threaten Minorities?
Readers debate the possible outcomes of an American move toward democratic socialism.
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Joe Corrigan / Stringer / Getty Letters: ‘Textbooks Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg’
Readers consider textbooks’ biases—and their limitations as teaching tools.
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Thomas Pajot / Shutterstock / Dan Cretu / ... Letters: Is It Ethical to Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Human Outcomes?
Readers question a machine’s ability to solve man’s problems
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Phil Noble / Reuters Letters: ‘My Dad Was Not My Biological Father’
Readers share their experiences receiving surprising results from a genetics test.
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Chris Keane / Reuters Letter: ‘IDs Are Everything’
A reader stresses the social and economic importance of having official identification.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Letters: What’s In a Name?
Readers discuss what it means to adopt a spouse’s last name—or not.
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Randy Faris / Getty Letter: Literature Should Be a Medical School Admissions Requirement
A physician argues in favor of a new approach to medical education.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP Letter: The Long-Delayed Pursuit of Justice
A reader sees the reopening of the Emmett Till case as an opportunity for further racial reconciliation.
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Ralph Freso / Reuters Letters: ‘A Luxury Service At a Bottom-Wage Price’
Readers weigh in on the pitfalls of the gig economy.
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ballyscanlon / Getty Letters: ‘Parenting Is Hard. We All Do Our Best.’
Parents of trans children respond to The Atlantic’s July/August cover story.
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Tyrone Siu / Reuters Letter: Trump’s North Korea Statements Are an ‘Acknowledgement of Reality’
A reader weighs in on last week’s summit in Singapore.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Letters: The NYC Subway Is Not ‘Beyond Repair’
Readers debate a proposal to replace the New York City subway with autonomous subterranean vehicles.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Letter: Electric Scooters Aren’t Selfies, They’re Selfie Sticks
A reader traces the electric scooter craze to the growing influence of Chinese manufacturing on our global urban environment.
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Scott Olson / Getty Letters: ‘I'd Rather Suffer Honestly Than Proclaim Victory!’
Readers debate the virtues of fair-weather fandom.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Letter: We Need to Support Working Families
A reader weighs in on why some women delay starting a family.
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Amy Lee Ketchum Letter: ‘You May Now Thank Your Mother and Me’
A dad—and engineer—takes issue with a scientific example. But its message, he says, is spot on.
