Today's Debate

The Back Issues

The Archive

Every motion we've run. Replay any you missed — your record fills in.

Motions

661

Verdicts

0

Played

0

No.661

Consensual polygamy among adults should be legal.

Society · Today

Open
No.660

Major cities should ban private cars from downtown cores.

Climate · Thursday, October 22, 2026

Open
No.659

Frontier AI models should be required to release open weights.

Technology · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Open
No.658

Governments should pay a universal child allowance to every family.

Policy · Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Open
No.657

Youth tackle football should be banned under age 14.

Sports · Monday, October 19, 2026

Open
No.656

Employees should get unlimited mental health days by law.

Work & Economy · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Open
No.655

Ultra-fast fashion business models should be heavily regulated or banned.

Climate · Saturday, October 17, 2026

Open
No.654

Western museums should return contested colonial artifacts.

Culture · Friday, October 16, 2026

Open
No.653

Attorneys general should be appointed, not elected.

Policy · Thursday, October 15, 2026

Open
No.652

Cities should open low-altitude airspace to commercial delivery drones.

Technology · Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Open
No.651

Schools should run year-round calendars without long summer breaks.

Education · Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Open
No.650

Western democracies should adopt social credit-style behavior scores.

Society · Monday, October 12, 2026

Open
No.649

Armed forces should shift to mostly plant-based rations.

Climate · Sunday, October 11, 2026

Open
No.648

Juries should be explicitly instructed about nullification rights.

Policy · Saturday, October 10, 2026

Open
No.647

Billionaires should be barred from private space tourism until climate goals are met.

Climate · Friday, October 9, 2026

Open
No.646

Schools should redesign exams assuming AI is always available.

Education · Thursday, October 8, 2026

Open
No.645

Every city should require large shares of new housing to be social housing.

Policy · Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Open
No.644

The legal drinking age should be raised to 25.

Health · Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Open
No.643

Cities should tear down urban highways and replace them with boulevards.

Climate · Monday, October 5, 2026

Open
No.642

Influencers should face fines for undisclosed sponsored content.

Culture · Sunday, October 4, 2026

Open
No.641

Public schools should move to a four-day week.

Education · Saturday, October 3, 2026

Open
No.640

Nuclear-armed states should disarm unilaterally on a fixed schedule.

Policy · Friday, October 2, 2026

Open
No.639

All advertising aimed at children under 13 should be banned.

Society · Thursday, October 1, 2026

Open
No.638

Criminal juries should be allowed to deliberate fully online.

Policy · Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Open
No.637

Deep-sea mining should be banned until ecosystems are mapped.

Climate · Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Open
No.636

Universities should stop participating in commercial college rankings.

Education · Monday, September 28, 2026

Open
No.635

The government should provide universal single-payer health care.

Health · Sunday, September 27, 2026

Open
No.634

Liberal democracies should criminalize hate speech more aggressively.

Society · Saturday, September 26, 2026

Open
No.633

Cities should redesign streets for driverless cars over private drivers.

Technology · Friday, September 25, 2026

Open
No.632

Sugary drinks should face steep sin taxes.

Health · Thursday, September 24, 2026

Open
No.631

Traditional zoos should be phased out.

Society · Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Open
No.630

Young adults should complete a year of mandatory national service.

Society · Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Open
No.629

AI systems should be allowed to advise and draft legislation.

Technology · Monday, September 21, 2026

Open
No.628

Esports should be full medal events in the Olympics.

Sports · Sunday, September 20, 2026

Open
No.627

Restaurants should ban tipping and pay living wages instead.

Work & Economy · Saturday, September 19, 2026

Open
No.626

Governments should fund large-scale climate geoengineering research now.

Climate · Friday, September 18, 2026

Open
No.625

Countries should abolish prisons in favor of restorative justice.

Policy · Thursday, September 17, 2026

Open
No.624

Home broadband should be regulated as a public utility.

Technology · Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Open
No.623

Democracies should boycott Olympics hosted by authoritarian regimes.

Sports · Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Open
No.622

K-12 schools should ban homework.

Education · Monday, September 14, 2026

Open