The Board of Editors handpicks these prompts to help get your argumentative mind going. Respond to the prompts directly, use them as inspiration, or submit something completely unrelated. We can’t wait to see what you’ve written!

Prompts for 2020-21:

Should fetuses be genetically “edited” to cure disease?

Has liberalism as a political/moral philosophy succeeded or failed?

Should the U.S. decriminalize all drugs?

Is the Green New Deal viable?

Does the International Criminal Court still have a meaningful role to play in the modern world?

How should we prevent future mass shootings?

Are social credit scores ethical?

Should college be tuition-free?

Is true altruism possible? Does it matter?

Should contact sports be made illegal in the United States?

Is mass surveillance a justified response to modern national security threats?

Should companies like Apple or Google be allowed to turn over our personal data to governments?

Should the United States adopt Medicare for All?

Is cancel culture a threat to free speech?

Should the electoral college be abolished?

What should the future of policing look like? / Should the United States abolish the police?

Should the Supreme Court be expanded?

Should the United States offer reparations to black Americans?

Is choosing not to vote immoral?

Is international cooperation preferable to nationalism?