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The Weekend Press: The Girls Who Hate Men
Plus: Two drinks with a former governor who resigned over a meeting with Epstein. A plot to kill a man on the Appalachian Trail. Suzy Weiss on our…
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How Instagram Broke Its Promise to Protect Teens
Newly unsealed court documents show Meta executives scrambling to save face: ‘We’re exposed with nowhere to hide.’
Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin
Why Hazing Makes Better Men
Last week, a series of police body-camera videos from a fraternity basement at the University of Iowa went viral. But the internet got it all wrong.
Catherine Morrissette
Homeschooling Isn’t for Everyone
Keeping kids out of school is risky—I know, because I did it.
Larissa Phillips
Screens Are Stressing You Out of Your Mind
Every era has its social contagions. In the 18th century, it was romantic despair. In 2026, it’s the compulsive scroll—and it’s rewiring our stress…
Arthur Brooks
Inside the Christian Civil War over Antisemitism
‘To be antisemitic is to be anti-Christian,’ a famous Catholic once said. Today, many young Catholics believe that’s outdated.
Peter Savodnik
Arthur Brooks: Why Are Young People Choosing OnlyFans over Love?
The answer, I believe, is fear.
Arthur Brooks
Whatever Happened to Sex? Plus . . .
A Harvard student says the university has to stop giving everyone A’s. A former FBI agent explains how the agency investigates kidnappings. Gabe…
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The Renaissance of the Finance Bro
Plus, the gym trying to stay relevant, in defense of boredom, and Ashley Tisdale’s mommy drama.
Suzy Weiss
Tough Love: I Don’t Want My 22-Year-Old to Get Married
A reader thinks her daughter needs to know herself better before committing to a man. Our advice columnist Abigail Shrier responds.
Abigail Shrier
Generation Z Is Tearing Down Entire Nations
Desperate young people are driving world leaders from power. But the revolutionaries have no clue how to replace the old systems.
Martin Gurri
Introducing: ‘Tough Love with Abigail Shrier’
‘The Free Press’ has an advice column! And Nellie Bowles has asked the first question.
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