Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS
AFFIRMATIVE: When We Are Governed, Ballots Are Best
6 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: IT'S TIME FOR A NATIONAL DIVORCE
AFFIRMATIVE: A National Divorce Is an Opportunity for Peaceful Coexistence
9 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS PEOPLE MUST BE LOCKED UP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
AFFIRMATIVE: Choosing the Streets Over Shelters Is Dangerous for Everyone
6 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE! OF FREE EXCHANGE
AFFIRMATIVE: Bitcoin Is an Effective Tool for Liberty
7 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: THE E.U. WAS A MISTAKE
AFFIRMATIVE: Small States Are Best, and the E.U. Is Huge
6 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
DEBATE IS FOR THE COOL KIDS
\"STUDIES SHOW THAT debate is good for you\" is exactly the sort of thing you'd expect someone in an ill-fitting blazer and awkward shoes to say at a high school debate competition.
5 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: THE U.S. SHOULD INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE DEFENSE OF UKRAINE
AFFIRMATIVE: Ukraine's Liberal Democracy Deserves Our Aid
5 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SHOULD BE REGULATED
AFFIRMATIVE: Don't Trust Governments With A.I. Facial Recognition Technology
7 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PROPOSITION: BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE WORLD
AFFIRMATIVE: Optimism Is the Rational Approach
4 min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
THE EXPENSIVE SEDUCTIVE NOSTALGIA OF FIELD OF DREAMS
WHY ARE SO MANY FILMGOERS AND POLITICIANS EAGER TO PROP UP BASEBALL'S BOONDOGGLES?
10+ min |
May 2023
Reason magazine
PUBLIC UNIONS VS.THE PUBLIC GOOD
ELECTED LEADERS COME AND GO, BUT PUBLIC UNIONS JUST SAY NO.
10+ min |
May 2023
Time
Teach citizenship the way the founders intended
NEW DATA RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— known as the Nation’s Report Card and widely regarded as the best assessment of how well we are educating our future citizens—paints a stark and worrying picture
2 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
Facing Ghosts
PRIME MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDA IS GIVING JAPAN A MORE ASSERTIVE ROLE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
9 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
Erdogan may face both an election and a decision
FOR MORE THAN 20 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remade and dominated Turkey's politics
2 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Japan's Disappearing Act
Birth rates keep falling while life expectancy keeps rising. If the government can't find a way to stabilize population soon, the country faces a bleak future
7 min |
May 19, 2023
Time
Playing Magic: The Gathering with Senate hopeful Lucas Kunce
WHEN MISSOURI SENATE CANDIDATE LUCAS KUNCE logs on to Zoom for our game of Magic: The Gathering, he isn’t messing around
2 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
Stacey Abrams: The two-time gubernatorial candidate on data leaks, electoral shenanigans, writing suspense novels, and her future in politics
I wrote my first attempt at a novel when I was 12. It was called The Diary of Angst. I was a very, very obnoxious 12-year-old who was just assailed by all the travails of the world
2 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
RACHEL CARGLE'S RADICAL ΤΟΥ
Discovering the value of pleasure in the pursuit of a better world with the author of A Renaissance of Our Own
6 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
PLANET PROTECTORS
THESE INNOVATORS ARE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVISE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
10+ min |
May 19, 2023
Newsweek US
Empowering Outings for Mother-Daughter Duos
Getting a mani-pedi, taking a spa day, enjoying a drink on a sun-covered patio while gossiping about family or taking in the latest playhouse production are a great way to spend mother-daughter time. But there are lots of other options as well. The destinations on this list are atypical but stand as symbols of female history and accomplishment that are worthy of exploration, whether you're looking to empower the next generation, or simply interested in learning the history of formidable women who have walked before us
3 min |
May 19, 2023
Time
France is cracking down on the influencer industry
GLOBALLY, INFLUENCING WILL BE a $70 billion industry by 2029, according to Data Bridge Market Research
1 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
DIGITAL BLIND SPOT
The U.S. government's security-clearance process is struggling to keep up online
3 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
Patrick Ta
FOR PATRICK TA, A MAKEUP ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF PATRICK TA BEAUTY, diversity and inclusion is central
2 min |
May 19, 2023
Time
As police forces shrink, private security takes over
ANDRE BOYER ENTERS THE GAS STATION LIKE A SOLDIER— back straight, boots shined, AR-15 pointed toward the floor
5 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
OUR COVID-19 LESSONS
More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and with America's public-health emergency expiring on May 11, it is clear that this moment is an opportunity not only to reflect on successes but also to grapple with the setbacks, pitfalls, and failures that defined our response. The responsibility to improve our response to future health crises lies in correcting our failures in this one
3 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
The D.C. Brief
DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAD ALREADY made history back in 1978, when she became the first woman elected to lead the San Francisco board of supervisors, effectively setting the agenda for the legislative arm of the country's eighth largest economy at the time
2 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
TEXAS COULD BE THE WORLD'S CLEAN-ENERGY CAPITAL. DOES IT WANT TO BE?
There’s just one problem: politics. While many cities, states, and even countries are fighting for the trillions of dollars in public and private green investments that are transforming the energy industry, many Texas leaders, including a powerful segment of the state’s political leadership, are opposing the new opportunities
6 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Time
She was Tucker Carlson's 'office mom.' Now she's suing
AT FIRST, ABBY GROSSBERG THOUGHT FOX NEWS WOULD be her big break
7 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
Newsweek US
THE OPIOID BACKLASH
PATIENTS WITH LEGITIMATE MEDICAL NEEDS ARE LOSING ACCESS TO OPIOIDS WHILE ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB
10+ min |
May 12, 2023
Newsweek US
The CROWN AT LAST
How King Charles III, Britain's longest serving heir to the throne, overcame scandal and tragedy to finally reach CORONATION DAY
6 min |