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What do we owe the embryos we leave behind?
The reproductive technology testing the limits of liberalism
 • Leah Libresco Sargeant
One big reason nobody’s walking to school anymore
How to end the dreaded carpool line
 • Emily Hamilton and Yonah Freemark
I changed my mind about Big Philanthropy
The democratic case for billionaire giving
 • Dylan Matthews
Reading won’t save liberalism
The literacy crisis is bad, but it’s not the end of democracy
 • Maibritt Henkel
Democracies attract immigrants who like democracy
What did you think "City upon a hill" meant? Vibes, papers, essays? Losers
 • Joseph Politano
Can liberalism survive the algorithm?
Learning to live together online
 • Jeremiah Johnson
Rich and poor kids should grow up next to each other
Affordable housing shouldn't mean segregation
 • Milan Singh
No, Senator Murphy, I don't want to join your cult.
Politics isn't where you should find meaning.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Someone is always going to be better than you
All men are created equal, and also not everyone can be Taylor Swift.
 • Kelsey Piper
Hillbilly economics
The common good demands that you are poor.
 • Phil Magness
How do we live with each other?
What's next for The Argument.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
I don’t need you to believe I’m a woman
The important thing is that you believe in my rights
 • Cassie Pritchard
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