Welcome to The Free Press Forum. This channel is where you’ll find the latest announcements from The Free Press team: upcoming AMAs (explanation below), Supper Clubs, live events, new podcasts and shows, feature launches, and more. If you want to stay in the loop, always check this channel first. And for those old enough to remember life before the internet: an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) is basically a giant public pen pal exchange between a Free Press writer and our readers. This Thursday, Suzy

One of our favorite parts of The Free Press is hearing directly from our subscribers. Since we can’t have all of you sitting in the bullpen with us (we wish!), we figured we’d bring a little bit of the newsroom to you instead. Every morning, I’ll post a question that has the newsroom thinking, sparked a debate at someone’s desk, or came up over coffee. We want to hear what you think! Join us at The Water Cooler to share your thoughts.

Happy TGIF! No vacation for Nellie! Nick Gillespie might have written today's column but Nellie will be taking the hot seat for an Ask Me Anything (A.M.A.) at 2:30pm ET. Watch for her prompt in the News of the Day channel to add your questions.