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PremiumBorder Truths Washington Spent Five Years Refusing to Say
An on-the-ground report from three small towns that built the policy the federal government wouldn't.
Maya Chen · 12 min read
The School Choice Revolution Has Already Won. The Unions Just Haven't Admitted It.
Eleven states have passed universal ESA programs in three years. Parents are not going back.
Tom Bradley · 9 min read
San Francisco Pilots Bold New Program: Arresting Criminals
Early results suggest it may, against all expert predictions, reduce crime.
Maya Chen · 6 min read
The Biden Doctrine, Explained: Apologize First, Retreat Second
Four years of foreign policy distilled into a single, unmistakable pattern.
Hannah Grossberg · 9 min read
The Quiet Revolt of the American Parent
School boards, library boards, city councils. The most consequential political movement of the decade has no celebrity spokesperson — and that's why it's winning.
Maya Chen · 10 min read
Federal Judge Blocks Policy He Hasn't Read, Cites Vibes
A new low in the long, sad decline of nationwide injunctions.
Tom Bradley · 5 min read
Standing With Israel Is Not Optional. It Is the Test of the West.
From Jerusalem to Washington, the line between civilization and barbarism runs through this war — and we should be honest about which side we are on.
Hannah Grossberg · 10 min read
PremiumInside the Campus Antisemitism Crisis Universities Refuse to Name
Jewish students are being told to hide their stars and their politics. Administrators are too busy issuing statements to notice.
Daniel Reyes · 12 min read
PremiumThe Abraham Accords Were Just the Beginning
Quiet diplomacy across the Gulf is doing what decades of State Department summits could not. The peace is being built in Hebrew, Arabic, and English — without Tehran.
Ari Levin · 11 min read
The Courage Deficit in Corporate America
For a decade, CEOs handed their companies over to activist staff and called it leadership. Shareholders — and the country — paid the bill.
Hannah Grossberg · 6 min read
Europe's Quiet Shift to the Center-Right — and Why It Matters for Israel
From The Hague to Rome, voters are rejecting the open-borders, anti-Israel consensus that has defined a generation of European politics.
Sophia Bauer · 8 min read
How the Legacy Press Got the Israel Story So Catastrophically Wrong
Anonymous casualty figures from a terrorist health ministry. Photo captions written by activists. A timeline that always starts on October 8th. Inside a year of malpractice.
Hannah Grossberg · 10 min read
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