Debates
Debates showcases discussions and arguments around controversial issues in free speech and censorship. From academic debates to public discourse, this category highlights contrasting perspectives on where to draw the line between expression, safety, and regulation.
A number of companies are now offering embryo screening to reduce disease risk and promote desirable traits such as intelligence,…
Video essay written by Benny Morris and narrated by Zoe Booth. Introduction For centuries, antisemitism has resurfaced in new forms—Christian,…
During the free-speech skirmishes of the last decade, the battle lines were often drawn in a way that placed heterodox…
Introduction This week, we’re going to dive back into the culture war over gender—which, as my guest will explain, also…
I.Fifty-six-year-old Elizabeth Gilbert is one of the bestselling authors of this millennium. Her nine books—memoirs, fiction, and a 2015 self-help…
Zoe Booth speaks with Gerard Holland, CEO of the Page Research Centre and a founding member of the Alliance for…
A crisis in Australia’s childcare sectorThe Australian government is scrambling to respond to an alarming number of child sex abuse…
Editor’s note: Few scientific fields test the boundaries of acceptable thought as persistently as evolutionary biology. By its nature, it…
Peggy Sastre (born 1981) is a French science journalist, translator, and essayist whose work focuses on evolutionary biology, psychology, and…
In June 1990, a charity tennis event was held in Dublin. Some of the top male players in the world…
I.In late 2019, Rusty Reno published Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West. Donald…
MIT’s Undark magazine describes itself as a publication that “will explore science … as a frequently wondrous, sometimes contentious, and…
