THE FREE PRESS PRESENTS
An unprecedented series of premium events, conversations, and experiences celebrating America’s 250th.
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America is turning 250. And we’re throwing a yearlong celebration of the greatest country on Earth.
The greatest? Yes. The greatest.
We realize that’s not a popular thing to say these days. Americans have a way of taking this country for granted: A recent Gallup poll shows that American pride has reached a new low. And the world at large, which is wealthier and freer than it has ever been in history, thanks to American power and largesse, often resents us.
We get it.
As journalists, we spend most of our time finding problems, exposing them. It’s what the job calls for.
But if you only focus on the negatives, you get a distorted view of reality. As America hits this milestone birthday, it’s the perfect moment to step back and look closely at where we actually are—and the reality of life in America today compared to other times and places. That reality is pretty spectacular.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Amy Coney Barrett and Bari Weiss Live in NYC
September 4, 2025
New York City
in-person
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is one of the most influential legal minds today. And she’s sitting down with Bari Weiss for an interview at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 4, ahead of the launch of her new book. Listening to the Law offers extraordinarily rare insights into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, and Bari and Justice Barrett will get into it all. All attendees will have the option to purchase Listening to the Law for a discounted $28 before it hits shelves. Premium ticket holders receive a complimentary signed hardcover copy. Justice Barrett is in some ways an unlikely justice. For one thing, she’s the only member of the current bench who didn’t attend an Ivy League law school. A devout Catholic and mother of seven, she was grilled during one of her confirmation hearings by the late California senator Dianne Feinstein, who famously told Justice Barrett that “the dogma lives loudly within you.” But five years later, Justice Barrett is perhaps the least dogmatic of justices. She has broken ranks with her fellow conservatives on the Supreme Court, leading influential MAGA voices to label her a turncoat. Yet she is also unafraid to dissent from her liberal colleagues when she thinks it’s necessary. Justice Barrett can be seen in some ways as the bridge between the Court’s dueling sides. So who better to interview her than Bari, our sensemaker in chief? On the docket? How does Justice Barrett approach the most consequential cases of our time? What does the future of the Court look like? How could it reshape American law and society at a moment of profound tumult and change, from the rise of artificial intelligence to basic questions of privacy and civil rights? This event is a part of The Free Press’s yearlong celebration of America at 250, where we examine where we’ve come from, where we are, and where we’re going. The Supreme Court is critical to the American project, as it remains largely as our Founding Fathers designed it: the final arbiter of what’s constitutional and what’s not. We expect this event to sell out fast. Be in the room.
Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey Live in DC
October 8, 2025
Washington D.C.
in-person
Palmer Luckey in DC. More details to come. Tickets on sale August 28.

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