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Transgender Identity Really Has Fallen Among Young People
Regardless of your politics, here are the facts.
4 hrs ago • 
Jean M. Twenge
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In a World Obsessed With Innovation, What If Most of It Isn’t Real?
Bullshit jobs aren’t just a phenomenon of bureaucracy. They’re in tech, too.
Oct 21 • 
Sarah Majdov
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Randall Kennedy on Racism in America
Yascha Mounk and Randall Kennedy also discuss critical race theory.
Oct 21 • 
Yascha Mounk
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The Paradox of No Kings Day
It was an outburst of catharsis. But will it lead to change?
Oct 20 • 
Barrett Fife
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Deregulation for Me, Regulation for Thee
Trump hasn’t actually reduced the burden of the administrative state—he’s just shifted it onto all of us.
Oct 20 • 
Matthew Wollin
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Going Full Venezuela
No Kings day feels eerily familiar to me.
Oct 18 • 
Quico Toro
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Quico Toro on Charlatans
Yascha Mounk and Quico Toro explore why we fall for them—and how to protect ourselves.
Oct 18 • 
Yascha Mounk
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What Wednesday Taught Us About Trump’s Attitude to the Federal Bureaucracy
As if we needed any more reminders.
Oct 17 • 
Don Kettl
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This Week At Persuasion
A DC meetup tonight! Plus, Oren Harman on The Good Fight.
Oct 16 • 
Leonora Barclay
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Professors Need to Diversify What They Teach
It isn't indoctrination. But it is a lack of ideological diversity.
Oct 16 • 
Jon A. Shields
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Yuval Avnur
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Stephanie Muravchik
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Bret Stephens on Why the Democrats Are Despairing
Yascha Mounk and Bret Stephens explore why moderates globally are struggling.
Oct 16 • 
Yascha Mounk
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No, America Is Not Experiencing Fascism. Yes, You Should Still Worry
A response to Niall Ferguson.
Oct 15 • 
Roger Partridge
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