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The Neoracists
A new religion is preached across America. It's nonsense posing as wisdom.
John McWhorter
Feb 8, 2021
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Keira Bell: My Story
As a teen, she transitioned to male but came to regret it. Here’s how it felt to enter history in the trans debate.
Keira Bell
Apr 7, 2021
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Why I'm Losing Trust in the Institutions
Yascha Mounk: The CDC came scarily close to adopting a plan that would have killed thousands of Americans.
Yascha Mounk
Dec 23, 2020
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A Taxonomy of Fear
There is a pattern in the way speech is silenced. Understanding it can help us stand up to the illiberalism of this moment.
Emily Yoffe
Jul 21, 2020
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The Warped Vision of “Anti-Racism”
It's perfect for affluent whites who want to be heroes of a story about justice
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Mar 10, 2021
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The Rittenhouse Verdict Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise
Rittenhouse was no hero. But the failure of the media helps explain why so many people expected him to be convicted.
Jesse Singal
Nov 19, 2021
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A Better Anti-Racism
To remedy racial injustice, we must insist that what we have in common is more important than what divides us.
Coleman Hughes
Aug 19, 2020
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Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email
We must end the culture of performative repentance.
Trent Colbert
Oct 25, 2021
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Monomania Is Illiberal and Stupefying
Educational institutions have a duty to oppose monomania and to lead students out of its stultifying embrace.
Jonathan Haidt
Oct 1, 2021
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The Polarization Spiral
How the right's monomania and the left's Great Awokening feed each other
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Greg Lukianoff
Oct 29, 2021
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The Purpose of Persuasion
To defend the values of a free society with courage and conviction, we need to build institutions of our own.
Yascha Mounk
Jul 5, 2020
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Beware of Books!
A new moralism is gripping the literary world, treating grownups like children
Otis Houston
Mar 19, 2021
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