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What Happened to Silicon Valley’s Most Infamous Thought Criminal?
James Damore, the author of the ‘misogynist’ Google memo, was banished from the tech world and became a digital hermit. Now, his ideas have been…
Johanna Berkman
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
Can Trump Justify His Trade War? Plus. . .
Governor JB Pritzker memory-holes DEI. Christopher Caldwell on economics. An exclusive report from the ground in Syria. And much more.
River Page
Christopher Caldwell: Trump Has a Point on Trade. But He Is Losing the Argument.
There’s a legitimate case for tariffs. But the president needs to explain it to the public—in a way that makes great TV.
Christopher Caldwell
WATCH: ‘I’ve Lost 23 Relatives. We All Might Be Killed.’
An exclusive Free Press report on the massacre in Syria.
Tanya Lukyanova
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JB Pritzker Wants to Lead the Trump Resistance. But Is He Turning His Back on DEI?
Mentions of diversity and equity have vanished from the Pritzker Family Foundation’s website amid Trump’s attack on DEI.
Gabe Kaminsky
Niall Ferguson: A User’s Guide to Wrecking the Global Financial System
Ordinary Americans elected Trump because they expected him to make things better. Did they realize they were getting a reactionary economic project?
Niall Ferguson
Things Worth Remembering: Death Is a Friend
My ancestors, the ancient Celts, understood that mortality is not an enemy, but something to be embraced.
Sean Fischer
What I Discovered Deep in the Canyons
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.
A.M. Hickman
How to Keep Chickens in the City
As egg prices rise, the agricultural secretary told Americans: Get some hens! It’s not a bad idea.
Larissa Phillips
Right Young Things: A Night Out with the MAGA Kids
I went to the Trump Tower party for young, single conservatives. Here’s what I overheard.
Maya Sulkin
The Whistleblower Meta Is Trying to Silence
An arbitrator has barred Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her explosive new book. We got one of the only interviews.
Bari Weiss
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