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The View from Here

In the Hamptons, the real story is how the other half lives. The Shinnecock Indian Nation occupies one of the most destitute areas of Long Island. Some of their wealthy neighbors want to keep it that way

How to Destroy a University

The University of Virginia has become a political battleground, not just between left and right but, allegedly, between J. D. Vance and Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin, a possible presidential rival

Grab ‘Em by the Pants!

Sydney Sweeney is a master of self-promotion—but is allying herself with the Republican Party a social-media storm too far?

When Lightning Struck Twice

In 1945, Ayano Hirashima survived the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Eighty years later, she recounts the terrifying ordeal and its aftermath

The Attention-Whore Index

Marjorie Taylor Greene laments, Alan Dershowitz sues, and Sydney Sweeney enflames

The View from Here

Prince Andrew’s and Sarah Ferguson’s closeness with Jeffrey Epstein barely scratches the surface of their alleged corruption

The Age of the D.I.Y. Proposal

Popping the question has officially lost its romance, with brides deciding exactly when, how, and with what ring their grooms will get down on one knee

The Doctor Will Sue You Now

Dr. Douglas Schottenstein manages pain for a living, but even he wasn’t equipped to allegedly be defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars by his own employees

The Lady’s Not for Turning

Emma Tucker, the first woman to lead The Wall Street Journal, has taken on Donald Trump—by publishing his intimate letter to Jeffrey Epstein—and she isn’t backing down

What Rhymes with Tom Lehrer?

He retired from musical satire more than 50 years ago, but his passion for musical theater was a lifelong affair

The Attention-Whore Index

Jeffrey Epstein haunts, Tulsi Gabbard conceals, and Donald Trump cheats

The Italian Job

How a Roman forgery network faked “impossible to replicate” artworks by Picasso, Edvard Munch, and Paul Klee using … coffee and tea

How to Steal $40 Million Without Really Trying: Part II

Biscuits, Bollywood, and lots of bullion … Inside the hunt for the Toronto gold robbers

Rage and Ravioli on Lake Garda

Italy’s Rana family, of the global pasta empire, is rumored to be in hot water with locals over renovations to a historic estate on Lake Garda better suited to Las Vegas than to Como’s quainter cousin

Love in the Time of Reality TV

Bachelor in Paradise! Love Island! Love on the Spectrum! Why is everyone so obsessed with dating shows?

The View from Here

“Leave no money on the table” is as close to a Trump doctrine as we’re likely to get

The Davos Man Who Fell to Earth

What could have prompted the resignation of the alleged funds-misusing, data-rigging, employee-harassing founder of the World Economic Forum?

Spies Like Us

A growing number of Israelis are spying on behalf of Iran, tempted to betray their country for cash, for love, and sometimes just out of social alienation

Employee of the Month: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Tom Lehrer

A mordant Harvard math whiz who used musical satire to skewer the Establishment and pioneer a new kind of nonconformist comedy

The View from Here

The career arcs of Britney Spears, Kanye West, and Donald Trump are proof that celebrities really are just like us—only more so

The Coldplay Kiss-Cam Faux Pas

How is Andy Byron, the now infamous (and now former) C.E.O. of Astronomer, ever going to rebuild his reputation? Perhaps by using the Bill Clinton playbook

Hell on Wheels

Thousands of confidential files leaked by a Tesla employee reveal noxious working conditions, flawed technology, and a delusional, unstable C.E.O.

The Attention-Whore Index

Hunter Biden vents, Tucker Carlson ferments, and Donald Trump misrepresents