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Tyler Cowen, Jed Rubenfeld, and Other Big Additions to The Free Press
Bari Weiss on some great news from our newsroom.
Bari Weiss
The Supreme Court’s Death Row ‘Miracle.’ Plus. . .
Hong Kong’s ‘puppet’ judges. Antisemitism at the American Psychological Association. What Thomas Jefferson teaches us about modern creature comforts…
Madeleine Kearns
Donald Trump 2.0
Martin Gurri on Trump’s mandate to lead. Ritchie Torres on how the Dems lost minority voters. Is The Donald a demagogue? And more.
Madeleine Kearns
Who Will Buy TikTok From China? Plus. . .
Biden’s transgender prison policy goes to court. Is Taylor Swift a threat to free speech? And much more.
River Page
Here’s to the First Million Free Pressers—And the Next
The rise of The Free Press happened simply and honestly: story by story. And none of it would be possible without you.
Bari Weiss
The Price of Pursuing the Truth About Transgender Medicine. Plus. . .
Will America abandon the Kurds? Ben Kawaller meets Steve Bannon. And much more.
River Page
Her Son Went for a Walk. She Was Charged with ‘Reckless Conduct.’ Plus. . .
Should we make America trippy again? Why the abortion issue couldn’t save the Democrats. And more.
Madeleine Kearns
How to Fix Immigration. Plus. . .
The Yale students who are jealous of conservatives, the progressive exodus to Bluesky, the latest from the Daniel Penny trial, and more.
River Page
Ben Shapiro: Vote Donald Trump
‘Donald Trump fixes the toilet. Kamala Harris throws a cherry bomb in it.’
Ben Shapiro
WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages Season Finale: A World Without the Terror Group
History proves that tyranny can be overthrown. With Hezbollah now weakened, the brave dissidents of our series ask: How can we push for real political…
Joseph Braude
The White Women Dumping Trump for Harris. Plus. . .
The Western sponsors of terrorism. Emily Oster asks: Are boys being left behind? And Suzy Weiss defends Netflix’s hot rabbi.
Madeleine Kearns
Elon to the Rescue. Plus. . .
The gender medicine gold mine; in defense of MrBeast; watch Ben Kawaller debate immigration in Arizona; today’s Free Press Live; and much more.
Madeleine Kearns
October 7: A Year of Free Press Stories
How it changed Israel, our lives, and the world.
The Editors
Make Drones, Not Bombs. Plus. . .
The case for and against the longshoremen strike, a professor shouldn’t be fired for hating Israel, and much more.
Madeleine Kearns
Introducing the First Class of Free Press Fellows
Building a journalistic institution above all means building journalists. Meet five extraordinary young people we believe in.
Maya Sulkin
Letter to the Editor: The Limits of Free Speech
Plus: Sometimes it’s right for schools to keep secrets from parents.
The Free Press
The Front Page: Is the American Dream Dead for Gen Z? Plus. . .
Announcing Emily Oster’s new parenting podcast. Kat Rosenfield on the Walz family feud. Tonight’s big debate. And much more.
Oliver Wiseman
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
Meet the People Powering The Free Press
A maritime gold miner in Alaska. A senior at the Air Force Academy. A priest in Greenwich Village. And some 767,000 more.
The Free Press
Do You Want a ‘Friend’ Who’s ‘Always Listening’?
This AI necklace for lonely millennials is ‘creepy as hell.’
River Page
Is Anyone Enjoying Olympic Ping-Pong?
‘Entire matches began and ended without me ever actually seeing the ball, or even knowing who was hitting it.’
Kat Rosenfield
Our High School Essay Contest Is Back
What’s Gen Z really like? We want the experts to tell us.
The Free Press
The Next Free Press Live Debate: Is the American Dream Alive?
Tyler Cowen and Katherine Mangu-Ward face off against David Leonhardt and Bhaskar Sunkara on September 10 in Washington, D.C.
The Free Press
WEEKEND LISTENING: Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’?
Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg debate.
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