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What I Saw at the Boulder Attack; How MIT Ruined My Life, Plus…
A firsthand account of the Boulder attack. The case for AI domination. Why are murder rates suddenly collapsing? And much more.
The Free Press
I Saw My Friends Set on Fire in Boulder
‘Once the flames went out, I looked around at the ambulances and came to a sobering conclusion: Free Palestine has become a rallying cry for killing the…
Ed Victor
The Murder Rate Is Plummeting. You’ll Never Guess Why.
America’s big cities are returning to law and order—but have they learned their lesson?
Charles Fain Lehman
Goodbye Oakland A’s. Hello Oakland Ballers.
Oakland has lost three major sports teams in the wake of rising crime and homelessness. But a new independent league baseball club aims to give the town…
Leighton Woodhouse
Can Trump Really Deport One Million Migrants This Year?
The president promised to deport one million migrants in a year. He’s not even close. Here’s why.
Madeleine Rowley
How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?
In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside…
Olivia Reingold
Could DNA Testing Exonerate the Lindbergh Baby’s Kidnapper?
There have always been doubts about whether or not Bruno Hauptmann was guilty. New evidence may give us the answer.
Joe Nocera and Poppy Damon
Should the Menendez Brothers Be Released?
Increasingly, judges are giving lighter sentences to criminals who suffered abuse during childhood. That could be good news for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
Esther Haynes
Fight Club: Execute Luigi Mangione?
Charles Fain Lehman says Mangione’s alleged crime is the very reason the death penalty exists. Nick Gillespie says the government has no business taking…
Charles Fain Lehman  and Nick Gillespie
A Young Socialist Wants to Run NYC. Could He Win?
Zohran Mamdani vows to spend billions subsidizing buses, housing, and grocery stores. He says he’ll arrest the Israeli PM if he ever steps foot in NYC…
Olivia Reingold
Sen. Dave McCormick: The Attack on Gov. Shapiro Was an Assault on Democracy
Shapiro is a Democrat. I’m a Republican who supports President Donald Trump. No side has a monopoly on the political violence rising in our country.
Sen. Dave McCormick
Will Oakland Finally Reject Progressive Politics?
A special mayoral race in this troubled city is a litmus test for the Democratic Party’s future. ‘Carjackings, home invasions. . . I’ve lost my…
Leighton Woodhouse
The Truth About Child Welfare in America
Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids.
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Will Cartel Members Now Face Execution?
Designating drug bosses as terrorists means the U.S. can probe and punish Mexican gangs like never before. That includes using the death penalty.
Madeleine Rowley
Luigi Mangione Fans ‘Coming in Hot’ After News of Death Penalty
Within one hour, hundreds have given more than $12,000 to ‘free Luigi’—the heartthrob accused of killing a CEO.
Olivia Reingold
The New York Times and the Case of the Missing Knife
When the cops recently shot a man in the New York subway, the media portrayed it as a classic police injustice. It was anything but.
Mike Pesca
Inside the Cult of Luigi Mangione
A Columbia grad, a cashier from Utah, and a Lockheed Martin engineer have one thing in common: They believe the alleged killer is a progressive American…
Olivia Reingold
Luigi Mangione and the History of Bourgeois Terrorism
The alleged CEO assassin is not the first elite to break rad. The notorious Ulrike Meinhof also took the plunge from protest to resistance.
Eli Lake
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
In This English Village, Asylum Seekers May Soon Outnumber the Locals
The people of Wethersfield do not deny that the newcomers have changed their lives. But they are afraid to discuss it on their own doorsteps.
Dominic Green
Jailed. Pardoned. Now Rod Blagojevich Wants to Be a ‘Trumpocrat’
With a presidential pardon in the bag, the disgraced ex-governor may be eyeing a run for mayor of Chicago. ‘I’m at the stage of my life that’s a new…
Olivia Reingold
Death Row Inmate Saved by Supreme Court
Richard Glossip was scheduled to die nine times after being convicted of murder. Now he could walk free. ‘This is truly a miracle,’ his wife tells The…
Rupa Subramanya
New Yorkers Aren’t Judging Eric Adams
After an indictment for corruption and President Trump’s attempt to drop it, many locals are shrugging off the mayor’s scandal.
Olivia Reingold
Why We’re Obsessed with JFK Conspiracies
Donald Trump says he’ll declassify all the files about the assassination. We’d never have got to this point if it weren’t for a weird ’90s film.
Eli Lake
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