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A CEO Was Shot Dead. These People Cheered.
This is real life. Not ‘John Wick.’
Kat Rosenfield
Law Student Faces Expulsion for ‘Aggressive Pointing’
Title IX laws were created to protect women from discrimination. Now they’re being used to punish acts once seen as ‘completely protected speech.’
Olivia Reingold
A Note from Our Newsroom
Our happy band expands to include Jay Solomon, Jonathan Rosen, Abigail Shrier, Adam Rubenstein, Madeleine Kearns, Freya Sanders, and more.
Bari Weiss
Failing Upward at the State Department
Plus: Biden our time with Iran, the new proletariat, the great Kelce-Swift stupidification, and more.
Oliver Wiseman
What Books Are Really Getting Banned?
We investigate. Plus: Jason Kelce vs. Travis Kelce, veep-stakes, and more.
Oliver Wiseman
A New York School Wipes Israel off the Map. Chris Christie’s Hot-Mic Dropout. Intergenerational Fight Club.
Plus: Dean Phillips on ‘Honestly.’ Should we be scared to fly on 737s? And more.
Oliver Wiseman
JFK and the Age of Paranoia
Sixty years after the assassination of a president, the myth of the martyr-savior lives on.
Phil Tinline
Parenthood Is a Redemption for All Those I Had Lost
After Ralph Buchalter contracted HIV in the 1980s, he didn’t expect to survive. Or to become a father.
Ralph Buchalter
The Tribute to a Little-Known Soldier
A small plaque to a young veteran in a New York park tells a very American story of sacrifice.
Joe Nocera
Introducing The Free Press Shop!
Merch that allows you to wear your TFP allegiance with pride.
Bari Weiss
My Old Friend Is Ripping Down Posters of Kidnapped Children
Around the world, young people are tearing down photographs of innocent Israelis abducted by Hamas. One of them is Sarah.
Candace Mittel Kahn
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