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Tyler Cowen: There’s a Better Way to Fight Harvard
I agree with the critics: The school has become too left-wing. The question is what to do about it.
Tyler Cowen
American Universities Should Put America First
Trump’s moves force all of us to ask: Who is higher education for? And what is its purpose?
Solveig Lucia Gold
A Ragtag Group of Covid Truth-Tellers Go to Washington
During the pandemic, they were ostracized. Now, they’re influencing public policy.
Carrie McKean
The Big Trump Move No One’s Noticed
A bureaucratic rule changed how America defined racism. Now Trump is undoing it.
Christopher Caldwell
Exclusive: NGOs Got Billions from the EPA Despite Internal Concerns
Government reviews flagged high salaries and conflicts of interest—but still handed $20 billion to eight nonprofits after the election.
Madeleine Rowley
Evidence for Pediatric Gender Transitions ‘Very Low,’ Says U.S. Government Report
A rigorous new U.S. study comes to the same conclusion as many other countries: The medical case for pediatric transitions is alarmingly weak.
Madeleine Kearns
Bill Maher, Mike Pompeo, Nellie Bowles, and More on 100 Days of Trump
Christopher Rufo, Sam Harris, Coleman Hughes, and many (many!) others on the 47th president’s historic sprint.
The Free Press
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s Counterrevolution Is Only Beginning
Trump’s first 100 days suggest ambitions greater than FDR’s New Deal or Reagan’s revolution.
Victor Davis Hanson
Exclusive: Trump’s D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia’s Tax-Exempt Status
In a letter obtained by The Free Press, Trump appointee Ed Martin accuses the Wikimedia Foundation of violating the law. Critics say his tactics are…
Gabe Kaminsky
WATCH: Is Trump Breaking the Law? A Conversation with Jed Rubenfeld, Lawrence Lessig, and Jonathan Adler.
Three constitutional law experts discuss the rule of law under Trump.
The Editors
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Exclusive: Doctor Fired for Trans Surgery Comments Receives $1.6 Million Settlement
Allan Josephson faced career destruction after criticizing gender-affirming care for minors. Years later, he sees a cultural tide turning—and legal…
Josh Code
No, the President Has Not Defied a Supreme Court Ruling
The exaggerations on both sides are spectacular. The truth? There’s less to the case than meets the eye.
Jed Rubenfeld
Joe Biden Made More Than 600 Grants to Stop ‘Disinformation.’ Donald Trump Now Has a Plan for Them.
Top federal officials are ‘just getting started’ on a cancelling spree, they tell The Free Press.
Gabe Kaminsky and Madeleine Rowley
Think You Can Guess Trump’s Next Move? Think Again.
There is no policy. No plan. No logic. There is only Donald Trump.
Matthew Continetti
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
The Legal Trick Being Used to Trip Up Trump
Judges are issuing orders that block government policies from taking effect anywhere in the country. Jed Rubenfeld explains what to do about them.
Jed Rubenfeld
What Does the New Right Want?
You can’t understand policymaking without ideology. And you can’t understand the Trump White House without understanding this burgeoning movement.
Noah Smith
Is It Time to Privatize the USPS?
If there’s any part of the federal apparatus that could use a dose of radical disruption, it’s the postal service.
Charles Lane
How Easy Money Bred Bad Ideas
Wokeness was born in a time when money was free. Its demise began when interest rates went up.
Russ Greene
Can Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Save the Left From Itself?
The Democrats desperately need a new vision. Two prominent liberal journalists are offering one.
Bari Weiss
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WATCH: Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
Bari Weiss
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DOGE Cut Off Funds to NED. Now They’re Suing.
The National Endowment for Democracy says the executive branch has no authority to stop their funding.
Eli Lake
Adults with Disabilities Deserve to Work
For many people with intellectual disabilities, a subminimum-wage job offers pride, responsibility, and some extra cash. So why are activists fighting…
Jill Escher
America’s Air-Traffic Control System Is an International Disgrace
A cumbersome federal bureaucracy oversees the safety of our skies. Can it be reformed?
John Tierney
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