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EXCLUSIVE: HHS Proposes Stricter Standards for Claiming Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Human trafficking and abuse surged under the old rules, but tighter ID requirements for sponsors may keep children out of predators’ hands.
Audrey Fahlberg
Could 2026 Finally Close the Case?
Ninety years after the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped, one lawyer is trying to force New Jersey to unlock the evidence that could finally tell us who…
Joe Nocera
31M
He Went to Prison. Now He Is in Charge of Them.
Josh Smith spent five years behind bars, turned his life around, and now is trying to deliver on Trump’s criminal-justice reforms.
P.G. Sittenfeld
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Britain’s Rape Gangs and the Failure of Feminism
Today’s feminists often prioritize cultural sensitivity over girls’ safety. Their activism helped steer Britain away from addressing a yearslong rape…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Don’t Dismiss Spencer Pratt’s Loss
The former reality TV star lost his bid for Los Angeles mayor, but his blunt talk about meth, fentanyl, and homelessness changed the conversation around…
Sam Quinones
David Mamet’s Theory of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
After hearing about our podcast, the acclaimed playwright sent Joe Nocera a letter outlining his own theory of the crime—one that puts Charles Lindbergh…
Joe Nocera
24M
EXCLUSIVE: Justice Department Closes In on Illegal Alien for Smuggling Unaccompanied Minors
Trump officials claim that relaxed screening rules left unaccompanied children in traffickers’ hands. Now one alleged schemer may face charges.
Audrey Fahlberg
Why Did the Murders Stop in Baltimore? Plus. . .
Are ob-gyns exacerbating the fertility crisis? Matti Friedman on ‘School of War.’ Ditch the Whoop and drink the wine! And more.
The Free Press
Why Did the Murders Stop in Baltimore?
The number of homicides fell to a 60-year low after city leaders finally decided to start taking violence seriously enough.
Charles Fain Lehman
Agatha Christie and the Kidnapping That Inspired Her Greatest Mystery
Joe Nocera on the Lindbergh kidnapping, and why the world’s best-selling novelist grabs readers like nobody else.
Shilo Brooks
53M
Rod Dreher: What the San Diego Mosque Shooters Believed
The teenage killers’ manifesto contains ominous echoes of the past, and is a dark warning of our future.
Rod Dreher
The Evil of the San Diego Mosque Shooting
The actions of these two young men can never be excused. And our willingness to say so cannot falter or fail based on our politics or our differences…
David Ingber
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