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Should we end asylum?
Matthew Yglesias wants to end asylum.
On a new episode of The Argument, Matt argues that the post-WWII asylum framework is not just politically unten…
9 hours ago
Can America still be a force for good?
For the past century, America's foreign interventions often carried the pretense of liberal idealism – to help bring peace and prosperity to people a…
1 week ago
Destroy the internet to save it?
People tend to defend online anonymity by pointing to the long tradition of anonymous speech in American democracy.
But modern anonymity is an entirel…
2 weeks ago
Should Race Matter in College Admissions?
When the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action at colleges and universities in 2023, finding that Harvard and the University of North Carolina pr…
3 weeks ago
Matthew Yglesias vs. Jerusalem Demsas: The Trailer
Watch the official trailer for The Argument — a new podcast cohosted by Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias.
Has affirmative action gone too far? Sh…
4 weeks ago
Stop Letting Instagram Explain Your Love Life -- The Science of Attraction
Are men naturally promiscuous and drawn to younger women? Are women obsessed with tall, older, rich men? Dating discourse is littered with pop evolut…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Scientific Method Comes for Criminal Justice
Economists love to say there are no free lunches. Jennifer Doleac thinks criminal justice is one of the rare places where that’s wrong.
In this episod…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ross Douthat on the End of Conservatism
Trump didn’t just reshape the GOP—he may have ended what we used to call “the conservative movement.”
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins hos…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Republicans Win?
Over less than 25 years, the opioid epidemic killed over 800,000 Americans. These deaths and the resulting economic and political ramifications were …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Are Children People?
Children are a problem for liberalism -- and it’s one you can see in everything from school-board wars to fights over “indoctrination.” If all indivi…
3 months ago