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Avoiding Deportation? There’s an App for That.
Judge-tracking apps and social-media sleuthing help some immigrants navigate the Trump administration’s crackdown.
Madeleine Rowley
China’s Robots vs. America’s Chatbots
The U.S. could spend a trillion dollars on data centers and still lose the real AI war.
Patrick McGee
Christopher Caldwell: Here Comes the AI Backlash
Donald Trump is all in on the transformative technology. The American people? Not so much.
Christopher Caldwell
The Stranger You Can Trust
When I was stranded in a snowstorm 30 years ago, I had to rely on someone I’d never met. This was before Apple Pay and Google Maps. It wasn’t safe, but…
Larissa Phillips
Less Scrolling, More Singing, and Other 2026 Resolutions
Write poems. Go to confession. Find beauty in the ordinary. Our commitments for the new year.
The Free Press
The Free Press Heroes of 2025
Heroes emerge even—or especially—in times of great darkness. Here are a few of the people we’re thankful for as we end the year.
The Editors
Goodbye to the Age of the Book
An era of enlightenment is coming to an end. What comes next?
Tyler Cowen
Stop Trying to Ban Teens from the Internet
Australia’s under-16 social media ban is based on bad data and worse logic.
Tyler Cowen
Things Worth Remembering: Don’t Feed Them After Midnight
‘Gremlins’ isn’t just a cult Christmas classic—it’s a parable about technology and modern chaos.
Tim DeRoche
We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains
Decades of data show a clear pattern: The more schools digitize, the worse students perform.
Jared Cooney Horvath
Jonathan Haidt: The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation
I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling—and all too familiar.
Jonathan Haidt
I Might Be the Only American on X
There’s an ‘America First’ account that’s based in Bangladesh. There’s an Ivanka Trump stan account with a million followers that’s based in Nigeria.
River Page
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