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Will Oakland Finally Reject Progressive Politics?
A special mayoral race in this troubled city is a litmus test for the Democratic Party’s future. ‘Carjackings, home invasions. . . I’ve lost my…
Leighton Woodhouse
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids…
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Will Cartel Members Now Face Execution?
Designating drug bosses as terrorists means the U.S. can probe and punish Mexican gangs like never before. That includes using the death penalty.
Madeleine Rowley
Luigi Mangione Fans ‘Coming in Hot’ After News of Death Penalty
Within one hour, hundreds have given more than $12,000 to ‘free Luigi’—the heartthrob accused of killing a CEO.
Olivia Reingold
The New York Times and the Case of the Missing Knife
When the cops recently shot a man in the New York subway, the media portrayed it as a classic police injustice. It was anything but.
Mike Pesca
Inside the Cult of Luigi Mangione
A Columbia grad, a cashier from Utah, and a Lockheed Martin engineer have one thing in common: They believe the alleged killer is a progressive American…
Olivia Reingold
Luigi Mangione and the History of Bourgeois Terrorism
The alleged CEO assassin is not the first elite to break rad. The notorious Ulrike Meinhof also took the plunge from protest to resistance.
Eli Lake
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
In This English Village, Asylum Seekers May Soon Outnumber the Locals
The people of Wethersfield do not deny that the newcomers have changed their lives. But they are afraid to discuss it on their own doorsteps.
Dominic Green
Jailed. Pardoned. Now Rod Blagojevich Wants to Be a ‘Trumpocrat’
With a presidential pardon in the bag, the disgraced ex-governor may be eyeing a run for mayor of Chicago. ‘I’m at the stage of my life that’s a new…
Olivia Reingold
Death Row Inmate Saved by Supreme Court
Richard Glossip was scheduled to die nine times after being convicted of murder. Now he could walk free. ‘This is truly a miracle,’ his wife tells The…
Rupa Subramanya
New Yorkers Aren’t Judging Eric Adams
After an indictment for corruption and President Trump’s attempt to drop it, many locals are shrugging off the mayor’s scandal.
Olivia Reingold
Why We’re Obsessed with JFK Conspiracies
Donald Trump says he’ll declassify all the files about the assassination. We’d never have got to this point if it weren’t for a weird ’90s film.
Eli Lake
Deporting ‘Pro-Jihadist’ Students: Censorship or Good Governance?
Ilya Shapiro and Robert Shibley debate Trump’s executive orders on antisemitism.
Ilya Shapiro and Robert Shibley
‘I Risked Everything to Blow the Whistle on Britain’s Grooming Gangs’
Maggie Oliver spent years pursuing a network of pedophiles who drugged and raped girls as young as 12. But after her investigation was halted, she quit…
Maggie Oliver
Have San Francisco’s ‘Harm Reduction’ Tactics Worked?
We asked police, addicts, and residents to weigh in—while people appeared to overdose in front of our eyes.
Ben Kawaller
5M
WATCH: Is San Francisco Ready to Govern Again?
‘If progressives want to be trusted, we have to take care of the basics.’
Ben Kawaller
4M
WATCH: The UK Grooming Gangs and the Cowardice of the West
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Julie Bindel on why they risked their reputations to speak out on the serial rape scandal.
Bari Weiss
1HR 14M
Ban Masking Now
Anti-masking laws worked against the KKK. They’ll work against today’s criminals and bigots, too.
Ilya Shapiro
The Biggest Peacetime Crime—and Cover-up—in British History
The serial rape of thousands of English girls went on for many years. Few in power cared. Then Elon Musk started tweeting.
Dominic Green
Has Europe’s Islamist Threat Come to America?
Two suspected terror attacks on New Year’s Day signal a new worry for Americans that Europe has long faced: a deadly threat from our own citizens.
Madeleine Kearns
A ‘Loco Gringo’ Takes On the Mexican Cartels
Sheriff Roy Boyd had an idea: Instead of letting human smugglers pass from one county to the next, sheriffs’ departments could collaborate to rid Texas…
Madeleine Rowley
Political Violence Happens Because We Let It
What the ’60s and ’70s tell us about Luigi Mangione and the UHC shooting.
Charles Fain Lehman
Daniel Penny’s Innocence—and the Shame of Alvin Bragg
A just verdict for Daniel Penny does not erase the cynical, wrongheaded, and unwarranted prosecution.
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