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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.
The Editors
Live Updates: Jury Is Deadlocked in Daniel Penny Trial
After over 20 hours of deliberation, jurors couldn’t decide on a manslaughter charge. But the judge told them to come back on Monday to deliberate on a…
Olivia Reingold
A CEO Was Shot Dead. These People Cheered.
This is real life. Not ‘John Wick.’
Kat Rosenfield
‘No Wonder He’s Smiling. He’s Gotten Away with It So Many Times.’
A migrant gang member robbed a Manhattan prosecutor inside her own home last month. It was his seventh arrest since June.
Olivia Reingold
WATCH: What Really Happened Between Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely
For the first time, our exclusive compilation of bodycam and bystander footage reveals, minute by minute, the scene on that F train.
Olivia Reingold
A Boy Went for a Walk. His Mom Was Charged with ‘Reckless Conduct.’
Brittany Patterson was hauled to jail because her 10-year-old son wandered off. She says her case is a cautionary tale for all parents.
Leighton Woodhouse
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