The Free Press
DEBATE: Do We Need God?
NewslettersSign InSubscribe
River Page
Reporter at The Free Press. Follow me on X @RiverIsNice
river@thefp.com
river_is_nice
Two Drinks with . . . Andrew Yang, Who Isn’t Happy About Being Right
He ran for president in 2020 on a promise to introduce universal basic income and protect Americans from AI-induced mass employment. The future he…
River Page
Louis Theroux’s Pointless Manosphere Documentary
Plus: Why are right-wing trolls accusing each other of being trans?
River Page
The GOP Has an Anti-Muslim Problem
Lawmakers face no penalty for bigoted remarks, so don’t be surprised when the hate spreads to other groups.
River Page
Missiles Fall Nearby, but Dubai’s Expats Don’t Want to Leave
‘It really is the safest place on Earth, because during war, we can go to the mall, we can go to the beach, we can go shopping. Like, I have a massage…
River Page
Meet the Internet’s New Iran Expert—Who Thinks the Illuminati Run the World
Xueqin Jiang, a researcher at Harvard, believes that a coalition of Freemasons, Jesuits, and members of a defunct Jewish cult are conspiring to rule the…
River Page
The Children Are Our Future and They Want to Be Chinese
Plus, why ‘The Traitors’ is the best show on TV, the gay tech mafia, Dunkin’ buckets, and more!
River Page
The Gringo Dream Burns in Puerto Vallarta
Americans who thought the beachfront paradise was Mexico without Mexican problems are learning how wrong they were.
River Page and Tanner Nau
Can We Stop Trying to Cancel the ’00s?
Plus, why is the internet obsessed with Clavicular? New music from Lana Del Rey. And more!
River Page
The Science of Hooking Up and Settling Down
UC Davis professor Paul Eastwick explains what evolutionary psychologists, the media, Jordan Peterson, and incels all get wrong about dating and…
River Page
James Fishback: The Right-Wing Troll Who Would Be Governor
He flirts with antisemitism and calls his black opponent a ‘slave’—and he may be the future of the Republican Party.
River Page
Everyone Needs to Stop Being So Weird About the Gay Hockey Show
‘Heated Rivalry’ is the equivalent of smashing together two Ken dolls: harmless, but also odd.
River Page
How a Kidfluencer Became an OnlyFans Star
Piper Rockelle says she wasn’t abused or exploited—and now that she’s 18, you have to believe her.
River Page
For Free People.
LatestSearchAboutCareersShopPodcastsVideoEvents
©2026 The Free Press. All Rights Reserved.Powered by Substack.
Privacy∙Terms∙Collection notice