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![]() Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans. 251224 Shares | The Free Press | Victor Davis Hanson — 04.07.25 ![]() |
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Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans. 251224 Shares | The Free Press | Victor Davis Hanson — 04.07.25
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Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War
Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans. 251224 Shares | The Free Press | Victor Davis Hanson — 04.07.25 |
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Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Tariffs and the End of American Empire
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What Do American Steelworkers Think About Trump’s Tariffs?
Big levies on steel exports may be ‘phenomenal’ for the industry, but workers also expect ‘some pain before you have good.’ 1930 Shares | The Free Press | Ethan Dodd — 04.06.25 |
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I Used to Hate Trump. Now I’m a MAGA Lefty.
The president is giving the working class its best shot at the American Dream in 60 years. That’s why I support him. 665604 Shares | The Free Press | Batya Ungar-Sargon — 04.02.25 |
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Here Come the Tariffs. The Pain Will Arrive Soon.
Cars will cost more. TVs will cost more. Blue jeans will cost more. Everything will cost more. Is this really how we’re going to revive manufacturing? 253144 Shares | The Free Press | Matthew Yglesias — 04.02.25 |
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EXCLUSIVE: The Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Speaks Out
After they tortured him and mutilated his body, they dropped him off a rooftop with a note pinned to his clothes: ‘This is the price for all who… 406391 Shares | The Free Press | Tanya Lukyanova — 04.01.25 |
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I Used to Be a Complacent Wall Street Guy. Now I’m an Anti-Trump Protester.
Evan Newmark had never participated in a protest in his life. Three weeks ago, that changed. Now, every day, he heads to the Trump Hotel. Why? 46496 Shares | The Free Press | Evan Newmark — 04.01.25 |
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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. 1,016177 Shares | The Free Press | Noah Smith — 03.31.25 |
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‘Adolescence’ Does a Disservice to Young Men
The new Netflix show is supposed to help counter toxic masculinity. Instead, it’ll exacerbate it. 222213 Shares | The Free Press | Madeleine Kearns — 03.25.25 |
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The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
The media loves hyping the annual study, but its methodology doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. 128369 Shares | The Free Press | Yascha Mounk — 03.20.25 |
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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
Chapter 7: What If You're Wrong? Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K. Listen now ![]() |
Raising Parents with Emily Oster
Ep 8: Should You Have Kids? For most of human history, having kids wasn’t much of a choice. Listen now ![]() |
Honestly with Bari Weiss
WATCH: Bari Weiss and Tyler Cowen on Tariffs, AI, China, and More. Our new columnist reveals his thoughts on what ‘Liberation Day’ means for the American consumer and the world. Listen now ![]() |
Breaking History
The Godfather of the Campus Intifada: Today’s protesters—at Columbia and beyond—owe their worldview to professor Edward Said, whose obsession with the West blinded him to the reality of the East. Listen now ![]() |
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What 23andMe Told America About Itself
The disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity. 473828 Shares | The Free Press | Kat Rosenfield — 03.26.25 |
Things Worth Remembering: Kids These Days Need The Black Stallion
Children’s books should remind kids that there are rewards for persevering past pain and fear. This is the actual heart of adventure stories, and the… 543734 Shares | The Free Press | Larissa Phillips — 04.06.25 |
Love on the Spectrum, Bitter Pop Queens, Studio Ghibli—and More!
Pop stars hate you. Reality television is a spectrum. Forever 21 is dead. Welcome back to Suzy Weiss’s weekly tour of American culture. 157266 Shares | The Free Press | Suzy Weiss — 04.05.25 |
In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally Disappointing
Underlying the much-hyped, brand-new show is a deep pessimism about heterosexual relationships. 184129 Shares | The Free Press | Kat Rosenfield — 04.04.25 |
WATCH: Frannie Block Discusses How a Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry for Help’ Into a Hate Crime
The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out. 208 Shares | The Free Press | The Editors — 04.03.25 |
FP in Israel
Bari Weiss meets Palestinians | FP in Israel. Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts, and written articles called “FP in Israel.” Watch now |
Swing State Debates
Swing State Debates Episode Five: The Youth Vote in Michigan. While talking to Generation Z voters, I discovered a troubling consequence of our political divide: Liberal students are often barely familiar with the ideas they are against. Watch now |
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Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Our Next Live Debate! Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity and Fei-Fei Li face off against Jaron Lanier and Nicholas Carr on May 15 in San Francisco.Watch now |
The America Debates
Our Next Live Debate: Should the U.S. Still Police the World? Bret Stephens vs. Matt Taibbi October 9 in New York City. Plus: Watch this week’s debate on the economy now!Watch now |
FP Live
The Free Press Live: December 4th, 2024. Join Michael Moynihan and Batya Ungar-Sargon as they sit down with guests including Michael Knowles, Rod Dreher, and Geoffrey Cain.Watch now |
Ben Meets America
Have San Francisco’s ‘Harm Reduction’ Tactics Worked? We asked police, addicts, and residents to weigh in—while people appeared to overdose in front of our eyes. Watch now |
Hezbollah's Hostages
WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages Season Finale: A World Without the Terror Group. History proves that tyranny can be overthrown. With Hezbollah now weakened, the brave dissidents of our series ask: How can we push for real political change? Watch now |
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The Godfather of the Campus Intifada
Today’s protesters—at Columbia and beyond—owe their worldview to professor Edward Said, whose obsession with the West blinded him to the reality of the… 372306 Shares | The Free Press | Eli Lake — 04.04.25 |
Mom Who Sued School for DEI Records Told They’re ‘a Trade Secret’
A Pennsylvania school refused to divulge its curriculum on the grounds |