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The Debate episodes

  • Should Student Loans be Forgiven?
    Cody Hounanian, Executive Director of the Student Debt Crisis Center, and Inez Feltscher Stepman, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, join us to debate if student loan forgiveness.
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    50 min
  • Should we Raise the Debt Ceiling?
    Betsey Stevenson, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan and former member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Phil Kerpen, free market analyst and president of American Commitment, join The Debate to discuss the upcoming debt ceiling.
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    49 min
  • How do we Fix the Immigration Crisis?
    Andrew Arthur, Resident Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, debates Maria Pabon, Law Professor at Loyola University, about the current immigration crisis unfolding in Del Rio, TX.
    You can read excerpt from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate
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    46 min
  • Texas Abortion Law: Draconian or Just?
    Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, and author of “Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World”, joins Jessica Mason Pieklo, senior vice president and executive editor of Rewire News Group, and co-host of the “Boom! Lawyered” podcast, to debate Texas abortion law.
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    54 min
  • Should we Defund the Police?
    Wilfred Reilly, Associate Professor of political science at Kentucky State University, and Geo Maher, political theorist and Visiting Associate Professor at Vassar College, join us to debate the topic of defunding the police across America, with guest host Celeste Headlee.
    You can read excerpt from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate
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    57 min
  • Fixing America's Homeless Crisis

    Activist and former Congressional candidate Shahid Buttar and Seattle-based talk show host Jason Rantz join The Debate to discuss the housing crisis in America. Should housing be considered a human right? What does that mean and are we truly fixing the problem if not addressing what lead individuals to be homeless in the first place.

    You can read excerpts from this debate, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate


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    45 min
  • Is Higher Education Broken?

    For the second installment of the Newsweek/Pairagraph collaboration Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University, and Jennifer Frey, Professor at the University of South Carolina, debate our higher education system. Taking questions from Pairagraph subscribers and trying to find the answer to, is college still worth it?

    You can read excerpt from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate

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    1 hr 10 min
  • Is China an Enemy or Friend?

    Author Gordon Chang and Professor Kishore Mahbubani of the Asia Research Institute join The Debate to discuss how the West should handle future relations with China. Are they on the brink of collapse or will they surpass the U.S. as a global superpower in the next 50 years? You can read excerpt from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Afghanistan Withdrawal: Shameful or Long Overdue?

    American political commentators and columnists Zaid Jilani and Noah Rothman join the debate to discuss the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The Debate team will find out whether this is a long overdue solution, or a stain on our nation. You can read excerpts from this episode's debaters, as well as previous episodes at www.newsweek.com/the-debate. 

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Vaccine Mandates: Public Necessity or Government Tyranny?

    Benjamin Wittes, journalist and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and American political commentator Liz Wheeler join us to discuss whether the government or private business can mandate vaccinations.

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    1 hr

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