From steel and semiconductors to defense and mining, the federal government is increasingly intertwined with private firms. This new era of “state corporatism” threatens the market-driven dynamism and innovation that have long underpinned American prosperity.

The evolution of surveillance technologies and techniques is creating new points of vulnerability from a constitutional rights standpoint.

First published on January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense pushed hesitant colonists toward independence, and its messaged echoed around the world for the next two centuries.

In this special preview for the Winter 2026 issue of Free Society, Cato’s Ian Vásquez details how María Corina Machado exposed the Chavista regime’s massive electoral fraud and unified Venezuela’s opposition. Her movement now represents the country’s best hope for freedom.

In this wide-ranging Q&A, Whole Foods cofounder John Mackey details the win-win mentality that powers free markets; dismantles the fantasy of efficiently run government-owned grocery stores; explains why innovation always outruns monopolies; and reflects on the nascent Make America Healthy Again movement.

Teachers from Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Colorado, all in the Sphere network, spoke to Free Society about the challenges of teaching in 2026 and how they are promoting civic culture.

When Martin “Bud” Mattern left nearly $1 million to the Cato Institute in his estate plans, he was securing a future for the principles and ideas that guided his own life.

Let us not be disheartened. America has seen much darker days in the past, and the country’s capacity for course correction and regeneration is unparalleled.