Putin wants to annex eastern Ukraine. This small town already knows what it feels like to get bullied into being Russian, writes Aidan G. Stretch.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is leaving some too afraid to work, go to school, or answer the door. Even those who are U.S. citizens worry they might be deported, write Mónica Cordero and Frannie Block.

When it comes to exacting revenge, Trump’s critics see Titus Andronicus; they predict the end of the world. By contrast, Trump’s supporters see Measure for Measure: justice is being done. Our legal columnist Jed Rubenfeld explains.

Amnesty International claims to be an impartial human rights monitor. Internal emails about the timing of a long-delayed Hamas report suggest otherwise, writes Charles Lane.

As a kid in New York after 9/11, I cracked up. Then a relatively obscure W.H. Auden poem helped piece me back together, writes Will Rahn.

I can flat out declare that this is the best decade of my life. The daily ease and well-being of these days is unlike any period to date, writes Diana Nyad.

I think people who are facing a sudden reversal can learn from my experience, writes Maureen Ebel. You can get through it. You have family, you have friends, you have resources that you don’t even know that you have.

The poet’s project is to connect with the kind of ancient beauty that has lasted for millennia, and will stay vital long after our own short lives have ended, writes Spencer Klavan.

Taylor Swift creates aural crack cocaine for people like me, whose favorite pastime is to drill sad songs into our brain on repeat, writes Hadley Freeman.

This week in culture: Suzy Weiss talks to Ty Haney about horse girls, Ozempic, and her comeback. Plus: Don’t miss ‘Caught Stealing.’

I went to an Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous meeting. Here’s what I learned, writes Suzy Weiss.

I’ve been watching birds for close to 30 years. Yet the overwhelming sensation of physical excitement when I head outside with binoculars has never left me, writes Jonathan Rosen for The Free Press.

Suzy Weiss reports on comedy in Saudi Arabia, Madonna being taken by therapy-speak, and more.

Politics almost ruined my friendship. Then, we had a real conversation. This is what it sounded like, writes Larissa Phillips.

Corporate life didn’t collapse. We just lost faith in it. Workers are staying for the paycheck, while creating real value elsewhere, writes Alex McCann for The Free Press.

A new book sheds light on the forgotten inventor of the modern American right. Check out Matthew Continetti’s review.

Amy Coney Barrett at Lincoln Center. Aristocratic tutoring for a new age. A defense of inequality. The UK free speech crisis. And much more.

In a rare public appearance, the Supreme Court justice tells The Free Press, ‘The Constitution is alive and well.’

From high-speed rail lines to nuclear plants, China has reshaped its landscape in a single generation. The U.S. can barely finish a subway extension, writes Dan Wang for The Free Press.

I ran Israel’s national intelligence agency from 2016 to 2021. As an agent in the 1980s, I convinced a Hezbollah terrorist to join us, writes Yossi Cohen for The Free Press.

Ten ideas for repairing the country. Free speech in crisis. Eli Lake on grace in politics. Woody Allen on life and death. And much more.

The terror group’s sudden openness to Trump’s peace plan is the product of his decision to flip the diplomatic script: advancing peace by negotiating with Israel’s Arab neighbors, writes Peter Berkowitz for The Free Press.

The terror group has replied to Trump’s peace deal. But, writes Elliott Abrams for The Free Press, is it serious about ending the war?

The White House aims at Rosie O’Donnell. Everything counts as a tip when tips aren’t taxed. Tucker tries out a new 9/11-truth vibe. Check on the Democrats in your life. And much more.

The president has publicly vowed a crackdown. Inside the Administration, the planning has begun, writes Gabe Kaminsky.

Matthew Schmitz explains why antisemitic myths keep returning, and what Charlie Kirk’s assassination tells us about the dangers of conspiratorial thinking.

The Yom Kippur attack in Manchester wasn’t a manifestation of a distant war—it was an attack on British Jews on British soil, fueled by years of incitement and indifference, writes Simon Sebag Montefiore for The Free Press.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Brendan O’Neill, and others on the Yom Kippur attack.

In a quiet Manchester suburb, the Jewish community was observing the holiest day of the year. As reported by The Mill, eyewitnesses recall the terror of what happened next.

I no longer wanted to live in a country where being Jewish means living behind security fences and hiding who we are, writes Ben Freeman for The Free Press.

Keir Starmer described the terror attack in Manchester as 'absolutely shocking.' But nothing at all about this violence was shocking, writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Checking in on Pam Bondi, Jimmy Kimmel, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Brendan Carr, Elon Musk, Pope Leo, Marjorie Taylor Greene, King Charles, and one Harvard honesty expert.

Pete Hegseth gets preachy. AI gets scarier. Aliens get real. Donny from Queens invades America. Was Britain a mistake? LaWhore Vagistan is teaching RuPaulitics at Harvard. And much more.

How do we respect every person’s dignity while also cultivating excellence? Nearly every university has decided to answer that question by abandoning the latter. Not mine, writes Carlos Carvalho.

Trump isn’t the first one to use the agency to punish critics. Every president has done so. There’s a clear way to end that abuse, writes Nick Gillespie.

People think the Supreme Court is about promoting justice. It’s really about judging what the law requires, writes Amy Coney Barrett for The Free Press.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable tweets, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI, writes Tyler Cowen.

The suspension of his late-night show isn’t a great loss to culture. But the FCC’s coercion undermines our most fundamental values.

A generation of ambitious young Americans believe the future belongs not to the credentialed but the self-taught, writes Sean Fischer.

The UK’s clampdown on free expression snags 75-year-old Rose Docherty—for the second time. Her alleged crime: offering to chat outside a hospital that performs abortions.

The attack on a synagogue in England was not a random atrocity. It grew like a cancer from the quiet march of Jew hatred spreading in Britain.

Judge Glock argues that rent control is doomed to fail.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars calls itself a body of experts, but joining requires only a form and a fee. Members include parody accounts like ‘Mo Cookie' and ‘Emperor Palpatine.’

If incumbent New York City mayor Eric Adams drops out of the race, Andrew Cuomo’s struggling campaign would likely get an immediate boost against frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, writes Olivia Reingold. But is there enough time to catch him?

Five years ago, Kansas City eliminated bus fares, just as Zohran Mamdani promises to do in New York. Guess what? It didn’t work, writes Charles Lane.

When my friend was born, he was legally considered less than fully human. Then he became a legend—standing beside Martin Luther King Jr. and helping orchestrate Michael Jordan’s iconic Nike deal.

Zohran Mamdani hasn’t said a lot about his plans for New York City’s schools. But what he has said is alarming, Mayor Bloomberg’s former school chief argues.

How long will the government shutdown last? Will Hamas accept a deal? And much more.

When she stands onstage and vows that she’ll carry forward her murdered husband’s legacy, she’s demonstrating the same unstoppable spirit that animates our most beloved narratives, writes Kat Rosenfield.

A conversation with the acclaimed filmmaker about life, death, and the movies. Plus: an exclusive excerpt from his first novel, out next week.