Introducing The Front Page: Our New Morning Newsletter
Your first-up, first-read news digest. A portal into the world of The Free Press—and the world at large.
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‘My Unborn Baby Was Dying. But I Couldn’t Get an Abortion.’
Allie Phillips doesn’t want any American woman to go through what she went through. That’s why she’s running for office in Tennessee.
When Silicon Valley Stopped Trying to Save the World
Four years ago, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was treated as a heretic when he insisted on leaving politics out of work. Now he looks prophetic.
Frank Bruni: Why Is Everyone Complaining?
When there are upgrades everywhere, from the gym to the airport, it's hard to feel like you have enough.
The Prophets: René Girard
By applying the lessons of great novels to real life, a professor predicted cancel culture decades before the internet existed.
Camping Out at Columbia’s Communist Coachella
Ivy League activists, armed with melatonin gummies, gluten-free bread, and friendship bracelets, stand up against ‘the violent Zionist settler entity.’
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WATCH: The Free Press Debate on Immigration
We brought together Ann Coulter, Sohrab Ahmari, Nick Gillespie, and Cenk Uygur to discuss the No. 1 issue for American voters. Now paid subscribers can watch.
Among the Activists Plotting to Disrupt the DNC
‘We’ve got to give them a 1968 kind of welcome.’
Democrats Demonize Rural Voters at Their Peril
A new study of ‘White Rural Rage’ is built on shoddy data—and is typical of progressive contempt for the ‘bigoted’ and ‘undemocratic’ countryside.
Kids in Jeopardy
I quit a civil rights group because its policies will harm children.
How Abortion Became ‘the Defund the Police of the GOP’
Republican leaders thought they’d be rewarded for overturning Roe. Instead, conservative voters tell Olivia Reingold, it could lead to a backlash come Election Day.
365 Days in the Life of Evan Gershkovich
One year after the WSJ reporter was arrested for ‘espionage’ in Russia, his friends tell The Free Press he feels ‘deep responsibility’ for the country he loves.
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Who Saved Salman Rushdie?
In a new memoir, the author wonders if he was to blame for the attack that almost killed him. And whether a greater force protected his life.
Taylor Swift: Why You Gotta Be So Mean?
In her latest album, the pop star crucifies ex-boyfriends like never before.
The Best Buyer for TikTok
As U.S. buyers assemble, there’s only one family we should trust to own the app, writes River Page.
Things Worth Remembering: Allan Bloom on the ‘Charmed Years’ of College
In 1987, the political philosopher warned an audience of freshmen of the perils of not thinking for themselves.
I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.
Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.
Tucker Carlson’s Turn
Why is the pundit persuading the American right to abandon its rightful contempt for foreign tyrants, terrorists, and cranks?
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Matti Friedman: The Song of the Israel-Hamas War
In a deserted border town, I listened to the reigning genius of Israeli pop blast his songs toward Gaza.
Who Should Run Gaza After the War?
Palestinians—and the world—need better Palestinian leadership. Here’s how we get it.
Bari Weiss: The Holiday from History Is Over
A free society is only as strong as the citizens willing to defend it. Reflections and videos from my time on the ground in Israel.
WATCH: Douglas Murray Meets the Son of Hamas
Mosab Hassan Yousef was raised by the man behind the terror group. He then became an Israeli spy. In a Free Press interview, he exposes the ideology that fueled October 7.
WATCH: This Muslim Israeli Woman Is the Hope of the Middle East
I’ve done many interviews that have stayed with me. This might be the most moving of all. Meet the iconoclastic and brave Lucy Aharish.