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The Free Press @thefp.com · 28m

‘Socialism is the sexiest path to losing your freedom,’ Venezuela’s opposition leader tells Jonathan Jakubowicz.

The Woman Who Took on a Dictator—and Won a Nobel Peace Prize

‘Socialism is the sexiest path to losing your freedom,’ Venezuela’s opposition leader tells Jonathan Jakubowicz.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1h

The people don’t want the truth.

What the JFK Files Reveal

The people don’t want the truth.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 2h

Dating isn’t working. Maybe it’s because it takes a village, writes Larissa Phillips.

Matchmake Your Single Friends—Today!

Dating isn’t working. Maybe it’s because it takes a village, writes Larissa Phillips.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 3h

My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.

I’m a Liberal at a ‘Conservative’ University. How Did I End Up Here?

My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 4h

In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd.

The Luxurious Death Rattle of the Great American Magazine

In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 5h

He died trying to promote open debate on college campuses, where some young people are now celebrating his assassination, write Maya Sulkin and Sean Fischer.

The Students Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder

He died trying to promote open debate on college campuses, where some young people are now celebrating his assassination, write Maya Sulkin and Sean Fischer.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 6h

Charlie Kirk was murdered while practicing the very act that gave birth to this nation—and the only thing that will ensure its survival.

Je Suis Charlie

Charlie Kirk was murdered while practicing the very act that gave birth to this nation—and the only thing that will ensure its survival.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 7h

Niall Ferguson on the future of war. Akhil Reed Amar on our need for a national narrative. Trump’s bombshell announcement on Tylenol and autism. And more.

Bari’s Picks of the Week: Genes, Drones, and More

Niall Ferguson on the future of war. Akhil Reed Amar on our need for a national narrative. Trump’s bombshell announcement on Tylenol and autism. And more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 8h

The indictment of the former FBI director is continuation of a cycle begun before the 2024 election. It was bad then. It’s bad now, writes Jed Rubenfeld for The Free Press.

James Comey’s Indictment—and the Danger of Political Prosecutions

The indictment of the former FBI director is continuation of a cycle begun before the 2024 election. It was bad then. It’s bad now, writes Jed Rubenfeld for The Free Press.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 13h

Bari's picks of the week: A new Free Press podcast about great books. A peace deal in Gaza. The NYPD’s reaction to Mamdani. And much more.

Bari’s Picks of the Week: Make Reading Great Again

Bari's picks of the week: A new Free Press podcast about great books. A peace deal in Gaza. The NYPD’s reaction to Mamdani. And much more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 15h

Charlie Kirk’s murder: the media reports, the FBI searches. Kamala Harris embarks on a book tour. Biden's faked data. The Luddites unite. And much, much more.

TGIF: Prove Me Wrong

Charlie Kirk’s murder: the media reports, the FBI searches. Kamala Harris embarks on a book tour. Biden's faked data. The Luddites unite. And much, much more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 18h

A new research report concludes that the Anti-Defamation League’s antisemitism curriculum makes many people more defensive—and might make antisemitism worse, write Tanner Nau and Frannie Block. The ADL says it has overhauled its educational materials and communications.

Is the ADL Inadvertently Making Antisemitism Worse?

A new research report concludes that the Anti-Defamation League’s antisemitism curriculum makes many people more defensive—and might make antisemitism worse, write Tanner Nau and Frannie Block. The ADL says it has overhauled its educational materials and communications.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 19h

The former Evanston, Illinois, school superintendent who unleashed the unfounded vilification of two white students by calling a schoolyard incident a “hate crime” was indicted for allegedly steering contracts to friends and pocketing kickbacks, reports Frannie Block.

‘Hate Crime’ School Superintendent Is Indicted for Fraud

The former Evanston, Illinois, school superintendent who unleashed the unfounded vilification of two white students by calling a schoolyard incident a “hate crime” was indicted for allegedly steering contracts to friends and pocketing kickbacks, reports Frannie Block.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 21h

It is not the road to serfdom that awaits—but the steep downward slope to the status of a peasant in ancient Egypt, writes Niall Ferguson.

Niall Ferguson: Without Books We Will Be Barbarians

It is not the road to serfdom that awaits—but the steep downward slope to the status of a peasant in ancient Egypt, writes Niall Ferguson.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

Dog whistles from the right, ball-hiding on the left, nepo babies at the UN, trouble aboard the flotilla, the president stuck on an escalator, and more.

TGIF: Pass the Tylenol

Dog whistles from the right, ball-hiding on the left, nepo babies at the UN, trouble aboard the flotilla, the president stuck on an escalator, and more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

This week in Nellie Bowles's TGIF: Three cheers for Palantir, a ceasefire emerges, Katie Porter goes full diva, the assassin’s homecoming, James Bond hangs up his strap, German perma-workers, and more.

TGIF: Shutdown Blues

This week in Nellie Bowles's TGIF: Three cheers for Palantir, a ceasefire emerges, Katie Porter goes full diva, the assassin’s homecoming, James Bond hangs up his strap, German perma-workers, and more.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

A society that refuses to enforce laws or treat the mentally ill should not be surprised when tragedy follows, write our Editors.

Disorder Is a Choice

A society that refuses to enforce laws or treat the mentally ill should not be surprised when tragedy follows, write our Editors.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

A House committee report being released on Thursday says that joint programs between U.S. and Chinese universities pose national security threats to America, writes Frannie Block.

Colleges Are Pushed to Shut Down Joint Programs in China

A House committee report being released on Thursday says that joint programs between U.S. and Chinese universities pose national security threats to America, writes Frannie Block.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

A top United Nations official will recommend that the General Assembly ban the multibillion-dollar surrogacy industry, denouncing it as “a system of exploitation and violence,” writes Kara Kennedy.

‘There Is No Human Right to Have a Child’

A top United Nations official will recommend that the General Assembly ban the multibillion-dollar surrogacy industry, denouncing it as “a system of exploitation and violence,” writes Kara Kennedy.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

When people think of autism, they don’t picture someone like me. I talk on television every day and carry myself with confidence. That’s thanks to my dad, writes Leland Vittert for The Free Press.

How My Dad Helped Me Master My Autism

When people think of autism, they don’t picture someone like me. I talk on television every day and carry myself with confidence. That’s thanks to my dad, writes Leland Vittert for The Free Press.

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The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

The first time one of your children is seriously ill or hurt, you pass through a portal into a new world. You learn to recognize fear in its purest form—hot and metallic, writes Abigail Shrier for The Free Press.