The Free Press
DEBATE: Do We Need God?
NewslettersSign InSubscribe
Bethany McLean
Bethany McLean is a Free Press contributing writer and a veteran investigative journalist. Her most recent books are Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World and The Big Fail: What the Pandemic Revealed About Who America Protects and Who It Leaves Behind, co-authored with Joe Nocera.
Will AI Doom Us All? The Market Can't Decide
The Citrini memo, a viral essay, terrified investors who can’t decide if AI means human doom or salvation.
Bethany McLean
The Man Behind Trump’s Attack on the Fed
Bill Pulte runs an agency that most people don’t know exists but is a combative, relentless force known as ‘Little Trump.’
Bethany McLean
mRNA: Deliverance, Dud, or Danger?
The technology behind the Covid vaccine was once viewed as our salvation. Then it was damned as harmful. The truth is more complicated.
Bethany McLean
The Nippon Steel Deal: A Master Class in Winning the Working Class
In opposing the merger of U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, Joe Biden was playing politics. But in doing so, he handed Donald Trump an easy victory.
Bethany McLean
For Free People.
LatestSearchAboutCareersShopPodcastsVideoEvents
©2026 The Free Press. All Rights Reserved.Powered by Substack.
Privacy∙Terms∙Collection notice