Killing the Messenger
Since Jimmy Finkelstein abruptly shuttered his eight-month-old, $50 million news start-up, hundreds of former employees have been airing their grievances on Slack
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Hollywood intimacy coordinators, or what the French are calling the “purity police,” are descending on Paris, pitting self-important filmmakers against young actresses
The Tortured Musicians Department
Vladimir Putin is resurrecting a Soviet-era, Eurovision-like competition—and crushing musicians’ dissent
The View from Here
As the once great Sports Illustrated withers, a former editor reflects on the profligate larks and obtuse decisions that reduced Time Inc. to a punch line
The Attention-Whore Index
A special edition in which the men and women who dream of being the next Mike Pence battle one another for Donald Trump’s leash
The Price of Fame
Thinking of dating a supermodel? Here’s what to expect
Black at Night and Read All Over
Though Iceland is smaller than many American cities, it has one of the largest per capita publishing industries in the world. Could it all be because of the dark?
The View from Here
Jennifer Dulos disappeared three years ago. The husband accused of her murder is dead by his own hand. Now his mistress is on trial
Art on Trial
When Dmitry Rybolovlev took Sotheby’s auction house to court and accused it of defrauding him, it revealed the limits of a billionaire’s power
Money Talks
A peek inside Prince Albert’s finances paints a picture of a feeble monarch, browbeaten by the women in his life
Swan Song
Truman Capote’s social suicide by novel: the story behind the new mini-series Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump is paying out, Ron DeSantis is waving good-bye—can legendary aviator Prince Harry pass them by? Plus, the strangest news from across the world
Edward Jay Epstein
The investigative journalist made a career of questioning accepted narratives, from the Kennedy assassination to the Black Panthers to the diamond industry
Capitol Flight
Bernard-Henri Lévy lobbied Congress in person with his latest film about the plight of Ukraine, hoping to shake the indifference of the shining city upon the hill
Sports Immolated
The Pulitzer Prize–winning writer pours one out for Sports Illustrated’s slow demise and recalls how the original idea for his best-selling book Friday Night Lights first appeared in its pages
Lost Command
Having made 90 films during his career, the French actor, director, and heartthrob Alain Delon is now confronting an unexpectedly tragic final act
The View from Here
Sara Netanyahu, the prime minister’s wife, closest adviser, and fiercest defender, is seen as a mix of Lady Macbeth and Eva Perón, but without the charm or the cult following
Big Law Gets Bigger
Paul, Weiss once embraced a variety of civic-minded causes. Today, the law firm seems more focused on its own bottom line
Skeletons in the Closet
The culture wars have come for Skull and Bones, Yale’s most prestigious—and mysterious—secret society
Dollar Diplomacy
Israel and the U.S. had a plan to cut off funding to Hamas, but they chose instead to buy peace by facilitating prosperity for the terrorist organization
Mean Boys
France can’t stop talking about its new prime minister, the young and dashing Gabriel Attal. And neither can his high-school bully
The Slacker Myth
Make way for Generation Z—they are bold, unapologetic, and unfazed by workplace hierarchies. Just don’t call them lazy
A Very British Scandal
It was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history—but it took a TV show to get the government to act
“I Have a History of Getting in Trouble by Speaking My Mind”
Donald McNeil Jr. on the lessons of the pandemic—and his own sudden ouster from The New York Times
