Conor Friedersdorf
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Past articles by Conor:
America’s in the Midst of a Socioeconomic Shift
What we need next is more new construction. → Read More
Modern Spirituality Is a Consumer’s Choice Now
The decline of organized religion has privatized people’s search for meaning. → Read More
Adults Are Letting Teen Girls Down
Readers weigh in on the causes, and potential solutions, for teen girls’ worsening mental health. → Read More
The Many Ripple Effects of the Weight-Loss Industry
“Body shape is a metric that people use to judge character.” → Read More
What Makes a Good Cop
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Last week I asked, “What is the best way forward for Americans who want to improve policing and the criminal-justice system?” James… → Read More
How to Make Diversity Trainings Better
“Far too often we trust external experts to bring solutions.” → Read More
Drag Shows Are Free Speech
Efforts by GOP legislators to impose absurd and onerous regulations on them violate the Constitution. → Read More
19 Reader Views on Lab-Grown Meat
“Given the choice between cruelty and kindness, I believe most humans will choose kindness.” → Read More
The Coming Meat Utopia Is Real
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week Last week, Spiegel International reported on a country where carnivores can already legally dine on meat that is… → Read More
Must a Teacher Defy Parents Over a Student’s Gender Identity?
Instead of rigid rules, educators need the freedom to finesse delicate questions about young students’ gender identity. → Read More
Is This the Start of an AI Takeover?
Readers predict the future of bots. → Read More
10 Readers on Opposing Anti-Semitism
“Conversations are critical weapons,” one reader writes. → Read More
15 Readers on How They’re Cutting Costs
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Last week I asked readers for their best tips on cutting costs in times of economic strain—and, looking back on their lives, what… → Read More
Is Florida Still a Swing State?
A temperature reading on the state of U.S. politics → Read More
Book-Industry Activists Should Be Careful What They Wish For
The abortion debate will not be resolved by either side declaring the other illegitimate. → Read More
The Importance of Dissent in Wartime
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Question of the Week While covering Donald Trump, multiple journalistic outlets published articles questioning his mental fitness. In… → Read More
The Trouble With Boys and Men
Plus: Was post-Soviet optimism for Russia misguided? → Read More
Is It Worse to Ban a Book, or Never Publish It?
Plus: Reality is now just a game, one writer argues. → Read More
13 Reader Views on Directing Tax Money to Private Schools
Do public schools need a “free-market correction”? → Read More
The Domino Effects of New Anti-Abortion Laws
Plus: Thomas Chatterton Williams on abolishing the fiction of racial difference, and reader views on humor in the workplace → Read More