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Motherloading: Inside the Surrogacy Boom
‘It’s almost like a heterosexual relationship. I’m the provider. And this other woman that I met on Facebook is staying at home and having my kid for…
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Suzy Weiss
415
The School That Couldn’t Quit Covid
A school in upstate New York imposed some of the most extreme measures during the pandemic—including silent lunches and outdoor masking. The rules are…
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David Zweig
591
The von Trapps of Harlem
Can ten earnest kids playing Bach become the next Kardashians?
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Suzy Weiss
254
A Prisoner of China. An American Scandal.
For 11 years, Mark Swidan has languished in a Chinese prison on charges no one believes. ‘If this were a politically connected person, he would have…
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Peter Savodnik
368
Why No One Can Control AI
Former Microsoft and Google engineer David Auerbach says Big Tech gurus are right to be frightened of their own creation.
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Peter Stevenson
82
‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out
She was told medical intervention would help relieve her 14-year-old’s psychological distress. That’s not what happened.
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Emily Yoffe
600
Stanford’s War Against Its Own Students
A working-class student. A star soccer player. And the ominous emails from all-powerful administrators.
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Frannie Block
676
Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest
We are a decade into the largest epidemic of adolescent mental illness ever recorded. It’s time we started treating social media like automobiles and…
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Jonathan Haidt
507
Dropping the SATs Hurts Poor Kids
Columbia is the first Ivy League university to abandon standardized tests in the name of ‘equity.’ It's disadvantaged students like me who will suffer.
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Rob Henderson
186
Dishonor Code: What Happens When Cheating Becomes the Norm?
Students say they are getting ‘screwed over’ for sticking to the rules. Professors say students are acting like ‘tyrants.’ Then came ChatGPT . . .
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Suzy Weiss
715
Why 65% of Fourth Graders Can't Really Read
For many parents, the last few years have been eye-opening, as they saw the education system in America crumble under the weight of the pandemic.
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Bari Weiss
31
I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.
There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.
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Jamie Reed
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