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Ethics

The Case Against Children

Among the antinatalists

Teachable Moment

From a conversation that took place in March in a high school classroom in Bryansk, Russia. Earlier that day, Maxim, a student, was arrested for spreading information about an unsanctioned…

Saving the Whale, Again

by Andrew Cockburn,

The catastrophic incompetence of Citigroup

Four Steps Toward Guilt-free Seafood

by Erik Vance,

What can we do to address the collapsing global fishery?

American Vespers

by Earl Shorris,

The ebbing of the body politic

Trouble Helix

by Harper’s Staff,

From posts on the private message board for 23andMe, a company that sells mail-in genetic-testing kits. In June, 23andMe accidentally mixed up the test results of as many as ninety-six…