Ban the Box Newsletter: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?

ARGUING YES Beth Avery Senior Staff Attorney at the National Employment Law Project   ARGUING NO Jennifer Doleac Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief  …

Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
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Ban the Box Newsletter: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
ARGUING YES Beth Avery Senior Staff Attorney at the National Employment Law Project   ARGUING NO Jennifer Doleac Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief  …

April 23, 2024

Newsletter: Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?
This week: New episode: Should Congress authorize more money to help Ukraine fight Russia? A closer look at how aid to Ukraine compares to other U.S. spending Your Sunday reading list     In step…

April 15, 2024

Newsletter: Is Religion a Force for Good?
ARGUING YES Shadi Hamid Columnist and Editorial Board Member of The Washington Post; Assistant Research Professor of Islamic Studies at Fuller Seminary   ARGUING NO Annie Laurie Gaylor Co-Founder and Co-President of the Freedom From…

April 5, 2024

Childhood Obesity Guidelines Newsletter: Good Medicine or Too Extreme?
ARGUING “GOOD MEDICINE” Dr. Julia Nordgren Pediatric Lipid Specialist at Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Attending Physician at the Stanford Weight Clinic   ARGUING “TOO EXTREME” Dr. Janna Gewirtz O'Brien Pediatrician and Assistant Professor at the…

April 1, 2024

Revisiting the Debate: Should TikTok Be Banned in the U.S.?
ARGUING YES Kori Schake Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute   ARGUING NO Milton Mueller Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy;…

March 22, 2024

Newsletter: Does Taylor Swift Deserve Her Billion Dollar Fortune?
ARGUING YES Jessica Flanigan Political Philosopher and Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond   ARGUING NO Ingrid Robeyns Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Ethics Institute; Author of…

March 18, 2024

Newsletter: Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
ARGUING YES Kadie Ward Chief Administrative Officer and Commissioner at the Pay Equity Commission of Ontario    ARGUING NO Allison Schrager Economist; Bloomberg Opinion Contributor; Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema…

March 11, 2024

Newsletter: Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?
ARGUING YES Francesca Procaccini Assistant Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School   ARGUING YES Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Professor of Law at Stetson University   ARGUING NO Floyd Abrams Senior Counsel at Cahill Gordon &…

March 5, 2024

Newsletter on Color Blindness
ARGUING YES   Jamelle Bouie Columnist for The New York Times   ARGUING NO Coleman Hughes Host of the “Conversations with Coleman” podcast, Contributing Writer at The Free Press, and Analyst at CNN    …

February 26, 2024

Unresolved: The Iran Threat
Ray Takeyh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations   Barbara Slavin Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center   Michael Doran Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace…

February 20, 2024

Newsletter: Esther Perel on Resolving Conflict in Relationships
Esther Perel Psychotherapist, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Host of the “Where Should We Begin?” Podcast   John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief     This week: New episode: Esther Perel on how to disagree…

February 12, 2024

A Debate Dividing Republicans: Two Conservatives on One Big Spending Problem
ARGUING YES Oren Cass Executive Director of American Compass   ARGUING NO David McIntosh President of the Club for Growth   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist at New York Magazine and Vox     This…

February 5, 2024
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