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One Embryo. Three Parents. The Future Is Already Here.
Eight babies were just conceived from one sperm and two eggs. Is it ethical to create polyparental hybrids? And how does it change what it means to be…
L.S. Dugdale
It’s Time to Clear the Air on Juul
Juul spent the last five years in purgatory thanks to its popularity with teens. With the FDA’s authorization last week, it can finally be seen for what…
Joe Nocera
What I Went Through to Meet My Daughter
A thousand miles from New York City, the place I call home, there’s a clinic that vows to help women with ‘unexplained infertility.’ I traveled there…
Madeleine Kearns
Is Anyone a Genius?
Helen Lewis on why she thinks genius is a right-wing idea, how Silicon Valley came to fetishize IQ, and why we crave prophets in a godless age.
Bari Weiss
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Radical Honesty Has Come for the Boob Job
In the era of destigmatizing everything, perhaps the only thing wrong with a $200,000 facelift is not acknowledging your privilege in being able to get…
Kat Rosenfield
I Taught My Students the ‘Iliad.’ Then They Went to War.
Ancient war stories become startlingly modern in classrooms filled with soldiers returning from battle.
Ido Hevroni
I’m a Disabled New Yorker. I Hope the Governor Vetoes Medical Aid in Dying.
A life not worthy of living. I’ve heard that before. From peers, from rivals, sometimes from myself.
Dovie Eisner
New York Lawmakers Approve Assisted Suicide Bill
Legislation passed by the state senate has no waiting period; the governor hasn’t hinted at whether she will sign or veto.
Madeleine Kearns
Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die?
Eleven states have legalized assisted dying, but only New York would have no waiting period, which risks turning suicide into a medical treatment…
Madeleine Kearns
Elinor Lipman on Learning to Enjoy Widowhood
The novelist talks about her late husband, her current “husband-like friend,” and how to cope with widowhood.
Suzy Weiss
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How Much Plastic Surgery Does a Woman Really Need?
Here’s the thing about being an older woman: You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So you might as well please yourself.
Mimi Swartz
Suzy Weiss: Can Men Make Friends?
Plus: We made the straight men of The Free Press review ‘Sex and the City.’
Suzy Weiss
Lionel Shriver: I Lost Control of My Body
What happens when a freakish bout of medical misfortune stops a writer from writing?
Lionel Shriver
I Warned My Party About Biden’s Health. Will They Listen Now?
If a relatively little-known congressman like me knew that Biden was incapable of leading the country in a second term, what does that say about the…
Dean Phillips
The Leftists Celebrating Joe Biden’s Cancer
‘He ought to seek out treatment in a cancer ward in Gaza,’ one person told The Free Press.
Olivia Reingold
How Elon Musk Unleashed Chaos Inside the NIH
A frenzy of changes by DOGE underlings is colliding with resistance from the agency’s scientists and top officials.
Gabe Kaminsky
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
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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
When Did Biden Know He Had Cancer? Five Doctors Weigh In.
Is this a story about incompetence? Deception? Or just bad luck? The Free Press called the experts.
Joe Nocera
Why Joe Biden’s Cancer News Has Prompted So Many Questions
The former president’s cancer diagnosis has been met with sadness—and understandable skepticism.
Matthew Continetti
Letters to the Editor: Three Reactions to Our Ode to Ozempic
Plus: a defense of good cops who see too much of what’s bad in the world, and more.
The Free Press
My Son Died of a Fentanyl OD. Congress Can Prevent It from Happening to Others.
Cutting Narcan distribution from the budget would be unconscionable.
Peter Richmond
The Hidden Cruelty of Capping Drug Prices
Let me explain why pharmaceutical prices are higher in America—and why forcing them down is a fool’s errand.
Tyler Cowen
A Ragtag Group of Covid Truth-Tellers Go to Washington
During the pandemic, they were ostracized. Now, they’re influencing public policy.
Carrie McKean
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