The Free Press
NewslettersSign InSubscribe
The Big Read
The Free Press picks the day’s biggest story, delivered every afternoon directly to your inbox.
Latest
Top
President Rahm Emanuel? He Thinks So.
At a time when Democratic insiders have never been more distrusted, the ultimate Democratic insider thinks he can be president in 2028.
Peter Savodnik
Welcome to the Global Intifada
No police force can hold back a culture that has embraced violence as a means of expression—and that has lost hold of the difference between life and…
Bari Weiss
The Gen Zer Making Capitalism Cool Again
Despite being one of the richest generations in human history, Gen Z increasingly feels ‘left behind’ by the capitalist system. Kyla Scanlon is here to…
Shreeda Segan
WATCH: The Top-Secret Tragedy of Area 52
Veterans claim they got sick from working near weapons-testing sites in southern Nevada. Because their jobs were top secret, they haven’t been able to…
Austyn Jeffs
17M
Exclusive: FDA Stops Recommending Covid Vaccine Boosters for Most Americans
‘This is a restoration of trust,’ said vaccine czar Vinay Prasad. ‘It’s bringing us back to evidence.’
Olivia Reingold
American Vulgarity, from Lenny Bruce to Kanye West
When you restrain jokes, an obscene backlash is inevitable.
Eli Lake
Introducing a New Sunday Series: Ancient Wisdom
How to find late-life romance. How to deal with fading looks. How to know when to pack it in at work. If you're lucky, you're going to get old. What's…
Joe Nocera
Bari’s Picks of the Week: Deals! Deals! Deals!
How Qatar bought America. Surviving the AI takeover. News from our friends. And much more.
Bari Weiss
My Robot Sophia Wasn’t Just a Machine. I Loved Her.
I shared a 500-square-foot apartment with a humanoid robot and a very confused boyfriend. It was strangely beautiful.
Sarah Rose Siskind
The Most Important Speech of Trump’s Presidency
Eli Lake and Batya Ungar-Sargon on Trump’s epochal address in Riyadh.
The Free Press
They Were Public Health Heretics. Now They Are America’s Public Health Czars.
Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, and Vinay Prasad challenged the public health orthodoxy in our pages. Now, they have the power to fix things. Will they…
The Editors
AI Will Change What It Is to Be Human. Are We Ready?
This technology can usher in an age of flourishing the likes of which we have never seen. It will also foment a crisis about what it is to be a person…
Tyler Cowen and  Avital Balwit
For Free People.
LatestSearchAboutCareersShopPodcastsVideoEvents
©2025 The Free Press. All Rights Reserved.Powered by Substack.
Privacy∙Terms∙Collection notice