Tyler Cowen: America Needs African Immigrants

African immigrants have done well in the U.S. Their neighborhoods are relatively safe. Their incomes are high. They are well educated and speak English. What’s not to like? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 hours ago

The Heirs of Carlos the Jackal

One of the world’s most wanted men in the 1970s and 1980s lived a form of radical chic that is alarmingly fashionable again. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 hours ago

I Support the Death Penalty. Don’t Livestream It.

Nidal Hasan deserves to die for his massacre of 14 people. Turning his execution into online content would mock his victims and hand the death penalty’s critics their best argument. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 hours ago

Why Jewish Families Fled This Elite Prep School

San Francisco University High School is a progressive feeder to the Ivy League, but tremors of antisemitism over the past three years have caused Jewish enrollment to fall to a trickle, writes Ashley Rindsberg. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 8 hours ago

Niall Ferguson: Why Europe Is Burning

Young Europeans are taking to the streets in Paris, Madrid, and Brussels. They say they want more investment in schools and housing. They should be protesting a system rigged for their grandparents. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 11 hours ago

El-Sayed’s Unanswered Questions. Plus. . .

Rod Dreher’s dispatch from NatCon Jerusalem. Arthur Brooks on why you shouldn’t pursue happiness. Helen Andrews says the ‘great feminization’ has come to Cornell. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 hours ago

The Bible Story Every Atheist Should Read, with Megan Phelps-Roper

Watch now (70 mins) | She spent her childhood protesting funerals in the name of God. Now she can’t stop reading His book. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 hours ago

Abdul El-Sayed’s Unanswered Questions

The Michigan Democrat refuses to clarify his most controversial positions with less than a month until Election Day, writes Audrey Fahlberg. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Arthur Brooks: Don’t Pursue Happiness

It will make you terribly unhappy, writes Arthur Brooks. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Rod Dreher: What I Heard from the New Right in Jerusalem

At the first National Conservatism conference held in Israel last week, rising voices of the MAGA right delivered a blunt message: Israel and Jews are losing everyone on the right under 40, writes Rod Dreher. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Big Tech’s Big Flop. Plus…

In today’s Weekend Press: Big tech’s big flop. Two drinks with the editor of ‘Playboy.’ Spencer Klavan on a newly minted Nobel laureate. Dolly Parton’s arms-dealing nephew. And more! | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Anne Carson and the Beauty of the Unsaid

Anne Carson, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, understands that sometimes the most powerful thing a poet can say is nothing at all, writes Spencer Klavan. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Two Drinks with . . . the Gay Christian Who’s Running ‘Playboy’

Phillip Picardi edits a magazine famous for naked women, wrote the forthcoming book ‘Is Jesus Kinda Hot?,’ and enjoyed Vesper martinis in Midtown with River Page. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Why ‘The Social Reckoning’ Fails

In ’The Social Reckoning,’ the characters rage about the ‘velocity, the size of distribution, and the anonymity’ of the algorithm, writes Suzy Weiss. You can imagine what captivating cinema that is. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Elisha Wiesel: The Death of the Nobel Peace Prize

My father, Elie Wiesel, received the Nobel Peace Prize for ensuring the Holocaust wouldn’t be forgotten. By honoring Navi Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide, the committee has betrayed his legacy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

The Great Feminization Comes to Cornell

A male prosecutor declined to bring charges, citing the accuser’s statement. New York’s governor replaced him with a woman saying, ‘Two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would,’ writes Helen Andrews. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

And the Nobel Prize for Antisemitism Goes to. . .

Navi Pillay, a supposed human-rights expert, is being rewarded for accusing Israel of genocide for defending itself, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Elon Musk’s Enemies Make His Best Case

Alex Gibney’s new four-hour documentary is so determined to expose the billionaire’s failings that it inadvertently showcases the achievements that made him a titan, writes Liel Leibovitz. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Introducing: The Free Press, For You

The Free Press For You feed is built around you, and it lives only in the app. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

What Happened to Kids’ Books? Plus. . .

In today’s Front Page: What happened to millennials? Maya Sulkin gets the scoop on ‘The New York Times’. Joe Nocera talks to Garry Kasparov. Bari Weiss talks to Simon Sebag Montefiore. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Adults Are Regressing

Adults who do not have children are taking over Disneyland, purchasing the majority of Toys“R”Us products, and sleeping with stuffed bears, writes Kat Rosenfield. Why can’t they put childish things away? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Behind the ‘New York Times’ Lawsuit Speaks Out About Anti-Israel Bias

A former employee who spent a decade inside the newsroom says she repeatedly flagged slanted coverage, watched complaints go nowhere, and finally decided to take her concerns public, Maya Sulkin reports. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

How the New Middle East Was Made | Bari Weiss and Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Middle East has dominated the American mind, shaped our foreign policy, and become a fixture of Western discourse. So why do we still misunderstand so much of the region? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

How Grown-Ups Ruined Picture Books

Once upon a time, picture books told children’s stories. Then parents decided they were the main audience, writes Jacob Savage. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

TGIF: Nudity Is Optimal

Today in TGIF: Kids riot from Paris to Ithaca, Mamdani’s first October 7 anniversary as mayor, golden statues, Satanic prayers, and more! | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Elon’s Harem, Russian Plague, and Dolly Parton’s Arms-Dealing Nephew

Watch now (34 mins) | Suzy and Dan salute Alix Earle for never reading a book. Plus: pangolin borscht and Chinese double agents. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Rebuilding America’s War Machine

Michael Cadenazzi is the man tasked with reviving America’s weapons production capacity. He explains how the Pentagon is investing billions to save the defense industry. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

A Conversation with the Man Putin Wants Dead

Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion turned leading Russian dissident, has spent years warning the West about Putin. Now, he’s being targeted by an alleged Russian assassination plot. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Douglas Murray: What Will Happen to Europe If America Leaves?

The departure of U.S. bombers from Britain may be a final warning to European leaders with no interest in fighting back against enemies of the West, writes Douglas Murray. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

The TikTok Lawyer Fighting Socialism, 60 Seconds at a Time

Last year, Joe Sweeny was an anonymous lawyer. Now, radicalized by Mayor Mamdani, he has built a huge audience fighting back for the city he loves. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Tough Love: I Opened My Relationship—and Met Another Guy

Her much older boyfriend is ‘one of the highest quality men I've ever known.’ But a 29-year-old reader met a younger man in Peru who ‘flipped my world upside down.’ Our advice columnist Abigail Shrier weighs in. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Ross Douthat: I’m Writing a Column for The Free Press

Looking for ways to understand this strange-and-getting-stranger century? Meet our new columnist. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Cornell’s Culture Clash. Plus. . .

In today’s Front Page: Cornell’s culture clash. The AI boss who is dangerously relaxed. What is Russia hiding about a deadly plague outbreak? Canada’s assisted suicide reversal. Mamdani disgraces himself on October 7. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

What Happened Inside Russia’s Plague Lab?

After a mysterious plague death in Siberia, former arms control envoy Marshall Billingslea explains what Russia could be building, how it might use it, and why China is following suit. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Mamdani’s October 7 Smear

In a statement marking the worst mass killing of Jews since the Holocaust, New York’s mayor showed his true colors, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Canada Makes It Harder to Die, but There’s a Catch

Mental illness will not be allowed as the sole reason for medical assistance in dying, but Carney’s government wants to make it easier to get advance approval, writes Rupa Subramanya. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

What Cornell Teaches Its Students About Sex

From feminist porn awards to guides on group sex, Cornell has promoted sexual liberation as a virtue. The school owes families an explanation, writes Jared Lederman. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

‘It’s a Bad Day to Be a Chi Phi’

Fraternity brothers who never set foot at Cornell are facing threats, harassment, and public scorn. To the online mob, belonging to the same national fraternity as the accused is crime enough, report Frannie Block and Madeleine Long. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Jensen Huang May Be the Most Dangerous Man in AI

Nvidia’s CEO says ‘there’s a zero percent chance’ AI ends the world and that companies can police themselves, writes Patrick McGee. Even his admiring biographer calls that a ‘libertarian fantasy.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Could New York Elect a Republican Attorney General?

Saritha Komatireddy hopes that New York City’s dysfunction of homelessness, subway violence, and locked-up store shelves will help her topple Letitia James, one of Trump’s biggest enemies, writes Josh Code. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Inside the Final Push to Free the October 7 Hostages

The negotiations had dragged on for nearly a year. Then, with just weeks left in the Biden administration, Brett McGurk joined forces with Steve Witkoff to make one last push to bring the hostages home. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

The World October 7 Made. Plus. . .

Three years after the attacks, Douglas Murray, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Tony Blair, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Polina Fradkin, Avinatan Or, and others reflect on that day and its consequences. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

The Most Disastrous Day in Palestinian History

Three years after October 7, Gaza lies devastated, Israeli attitudes have hardened, and the movement claiming to champion Palestinians still refuses to reckon with Hamas’s role in the catastrophe. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

I Was a Hamas Hostage for 728 Days. This Is How I Survived.

Avinatan Or was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on October 7. In this exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Or details his years spent in the tunnels under Gaza. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

The Israelis Who Never Left October 7 Behind

The return of the last hostages brought Israelis a sense of relief, but not closure. Three years after October 7, survivors and their families are still learning how to live with what happened. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

I Wrote About How MIT Failed Jewish Students. The Backlash Proved My Point.

I’ve taught at the university for 48 years. After I documented the harassment Jewish students faced after October 7, the administration told me to stick to supply chains and threatened my funding. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

We’re Still Drowning in Myths About the Gaza War

A new book gripping the American left repeats every stale falsehood and exaggeration about Israel’s war against Hamas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

The Sexual Revolution Failed Jane Doe

As a teenager, I watched the old frameworks we once used to understand rape buckle in a post–sexual revolution world. The case of the Cornell 7 feels like the logical end point. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago