The anonymity surrounding users' twitter accounts make it extremely difficult to determine the reliability of information. How should we proceed?

Self-funding one's political campaign seems like a noble endeavor, but it also raises a host of concerns.

The language of human rights is ill-equipped to handle the ecological change we are experiencing. How must our practice evolve?

How should we understand the politics behind Trump's designation of "beauty"? What is at stake in the architectural design of federal buildings?

Trans athletes are being barred from competing with their cis counterparts under the guise of "inclusion" and protecting the integrity of sport, but what does fairness demand?

How precise are our meanings and how precise is our usage? We use terms like "social construct" and "socialist," but can intend very different things by them.

A new movement has developed around shoplifting as an anti-corporate political protest. Does it work? Can it?

It has become common for those being honored to use their time on stage to comment on social justice issues. Should they?

What is the proper metric to use in deciding another species' fate? What do we need to know in order to justify extinction?

Digital profiling tools (like Google's Sensorvault) and surveillance gadgets (like Amazon's Ring) pose a significant threat to our privacy and blur the line between corporate and government interests.

Are local initiatives really a feasible substitute for large-scale regulation when it comes to environmental issues like air pollution?

The NFL has a troubling history of racial prejudice infecting everything from the huddle to the sidelines and the owner's box to the press box.

The epistemic impact of Google and Facebook's monopoly on information and communication poses a very real problem.

There are a multitude of pleasures that we might feel bad about engaging in, but not all activities carry the same moral weight. And many are not simply a private affair.

NBC's show explores all manner of philosophical quandary, but focuses especially on the meaning of life and the morality in mortality.

Professional sports has its own "fast fashion" problem, and its current "solution" is hardly a cure.

What makes the US Senate the proper place to judge impeachment? Does the "world's greatest deliberative body" still deserve it's name?

What might justify an organization or government's wielding of exclusionary power? What does it mean to be removed from the conversation?

The backlash over American Dirt raises important questions about our ability to inhabit the space of the Other.

How can we balance accuracy against alarmism? How can we avoid defeatism and instead inspire action? What does scientific accuracy demand?

Proposed changes to Twitter raise interesting questions about community policing, the resilience of truth, and the value of the platform.

What are universities' ultimate aims? Who do they serve? Do these answers have anything to say about college's investment portfolios?

Japan has claimed that the Rising Sun flag is not a political statement, but what other meaning can a flag have? And who gets to say what a flag symbolizes?

How should we approach elections? Is there a midway between being too idealistic and sacrificing our values?