Letters

Educational Institutions Should Engage More—Not Less—With China

Graduates of an academic program in Beijing discuss the importance of demystifying and challenging the Communist country from the inside.

• February 25, 2020

Twitter Is Not as Important as Journalists Make It Seem

Just 10 percent of users on the platform are responsible for 80 percent of tweets. Yet, one reader argues, Twitter exerts outsize power and influence on our public discourse.

• February 12, 2020

‘One Cannot Shame a Depressed Person Into Getting Well’

Readers debate how we should talk about suicide

• February 1, 2020

The UNHCR Defends Its Global Compact on Refugees

The United Nations agency responds to a critique of its 2018 compact and affirms its obligation “to protect and assist all people fleeing war and persecution.”

• January 24, 2020

Letters: The Thrill of Garbage Trucks

Readers consider why kids are so fascinated by trash-pickup vehicles—and why adults aren’t.

• January 5, 2020

Letters: Are Eye Exams Necessary?

Readers discuss why glasses and contact lenses are so difficult to get in the United States.

• December 24, 2019

Letters: Sharing a Bed Is ‘a Comfort, Not a Burden’

And other reader opinions on whether you should sleep alone

• December 3, 2019

#ReadingMyAtlantic Is Back

Show us how you enjoy The Atlantic’s new December issue.

• Nesima Aberra
• November 13, 2019

Letter: The Other Important Function of Stag-and-Doe Parties

The value of these pre-wedding social events reaches far beyond the happy couple.

• November 6, 2019

Letters: Was It Fair to Boo the President?

Readers discuss whether the crowd’s reaction to Trump at Game 5 of the World Series was an act of patriotism or bullying.

• November 1, 2019

Letter: Menopause Can Be a ‘Passage of Liberation’

Gail Sheehy and Liza Mundy discuss the end of fertility—and the diversity of women’s experiences.

• October 28, 2019

Letters: Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergies ‘Is More Than Worth the Risk’

Readers defend the risks of a costly new peanut-allergy treatment.

• October 23, 2019

Letter: Justin Trudeau ‘Exploited the Culture of the “Woke”’

A former member of the prime minister’s foreign-policy staff encourages Canadian progressives to consider other candidates.

• October 18, 2019

Letters: ‘The Anthropocene Epoch Is Not Hubris’

Members of the Anthropocene Working Group defend the proposed geological epoch.

• October 11, 2019

Letters: College Presidents Should Focus on ‘Mission, Purpose, and Student Success’

Two leaders in higher education respond to Senator Ben Sasse’s (incomplete) list of the questions facing American colleges and universities.

• October 2, 2019

Letter: Banning Corporate Lawyers From the Federal Bench Would Be Bad for Diversity

Readers push back on a proposal to exclude corporate-law partners from federal judiciary nominations.

• September 27, 2019