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The American Way Is Under Fire
A shooter on Saturday threatened the president, his administration, and our country’s free press. It was only the latest assault on the foundations of…
The Editors
Luxury Crimes at ‘The New York Times’
At America’s paper of record, wealthy media figures debate the merits of theft.
River Page
Who Decides What’s True on Wikipedia?
Ashley Rindsberg investigates how anonymous editors shape the internet’s encyclopedia through ideological bias, and corrupt the AI systems being trained…
Coleman Hughes
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The American Journalist Kidnapped in Baghdad Is My Friend
Shelly Kittleson risked everything to cover the world’s deadliest stories. Now she’s missing, and the dangers journalists face are clearer than ever.
Hollie McKay
I Wrote a Book About Censorship. Then People Tried to Censor It.
A day after I published a book on the government-tech control of information, a positive review of it disappeared online. It was the epitome of the very…
Jacob Siegel
Michael Oren: Defending Israel in an Age of Madness
America’s national derangement poses almost insurmountable challenges to supporters of the Jewish state.
Michael Oren
There Is No MAGA Split on Iran
How a handful of anti-war commentators convinced the media there was a rebellion that polling says doesn’t exist.
Gabe Fleisher
Tucker, Candace, and the Conspiracy-Theory Podcast Grift
How online creators foment rage and monetize antisemitism—and the big bucks they earn doing it
Ashley Rindsberg
Natan Sharansky: Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Tests the Free World
The 78-year-old dissident has been a leading voice in the struggle for a free, democratic Hong Kong. For that, he will spend the rest of his life in…
Natan Sharansky
Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years. The Fight to Free Him Must Go On.
China made an example of Hong Kong’s 78-year-old titan of democracy. But pressure from the West could spare him from dying in prison.
Mark L. Clifford
Nellie Bowles: The Journalist and the Epstein
I had the chance to profile one of the darkest, most interesting characters of our moment. Why didn’t I grab it?
Nellie Bowles
Freedom of the Press Won’t Protect Don Lemon
Obstructing worshippers in church is a crime. But it will be hard to prove Lemon did so, or knew others would.
Jed Rubenfeld
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