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Originally called Common Sense, we focus on stories that are ignored or misconstrued in the service of an ideological narrative. For us, curiosity isn’t a liability. It’s a necessity. Expect debates, scoops from trusted reporters, provocations from those thinking outside the lines, and live events that bring people with different views together into a truly diverse community. You won’t agree with everything we run. And we think that’s exactly the point. A free press for free people. To get in touch, contact

Each one of us has a tiny computer in our pocket with, basically, the sum total of human knowledge. We have never had access to more information, or more ways to share it. At the same time, it seems we understand our world less and less. As the gap between what we’re allowed to say in public and how we talk in private grows, so does our distrust—in power, in the press, and in one another. Maybe your moment came while reading about school lockdowns. Or maybe it was the obvious political bias distorting even the most basic news stories. Maybe you’ve seen reporters being activists on social media, then feigning objectivity in their stories. But at some point, you might have noticed that what you were reading didn’t reflect what you were seeing with your own eyes. At some point, maybe you noticed that the people paid to tell you about the world as it is were instead telling you about the world as they wished it to be. At some point, maybe you noticed that rather than conveying complexity—even if it was inconvenient or uncomfortable—the press was in the business of giving their readers, their viewers, and their listeners confirmation. Confirmation that they were right, confirmation that their political opponents were wrong. We saw it happen from the inside. We saw it in our newsrooms and in our pitch meetings. “All the news that’s fit to print” was becoming “all the news that fits the narrative.” Curiosity was becoming a liability—not a necessity. So we left. What we didn’t kno...

This article is about the book publisher. For other uses, see Free Press Founded 1947 Founder Jeremiah Kaplan and Charles Liebman Successor Country of origin United States Headquarters location Key people Martha K. Levin, publisher Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of History [ ] Free Press was founded by Division of Labor by The Theory of Economic and Social Organization by The Scientific Outlook by The Free Press of Glencoe. In 1960, Kaplan was recruited by Macmillan to provide new editorial leadership and he agreed to move to New York if In 1994, Simon & Schuster acquired Macmillan and Free Press. During the 1960s and 1970s Free Press was under the direction of a variety of publishers including George McCune (who later co-founded Free Press was led by publisher Martha Levin from 2001 until 2012, when it ceased to exist as a distinct entity and merged into Simon & Schuster's flagship imprint. Notable books [ ] • Principles of Economics. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • The Social System. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • Personal Influence. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • • Political Life: Why People Get Involved in Politics. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • The Adolescent Society. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • The Urban Villagers. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • • Behavior in Public Places. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • Ethnic Patterns in American Cities. Glencoe, IL: Free Press • Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: Free Press. • The Denial...