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The African Conspiracy

Did white Europeans, led by a shadowy “Mr. X,” kill the U.N. secretary-general 60 years ago—to keep power over black Africans?

Help Is Here?

In pandemic times, the most privileged New Yorkers find that dealing with domestic staff is especially fraught

The Making of a Predator, Part III

Just why did Georgina Chapman marry Harvey? And what did she get out of it?

Capital Offenses

The latest battleground in the push for racial justice? The copydesk

The Real Benjamin Braddock

Charles Webb rebelled against his privileged upbringing by writing The Graduate—then renounced his own phenomenal success

Live at the Front

Vera Lynn’s torch songs were not high art, but they kept up morale among the rank-and-file British soldiers fighting W.W. II

Estate of Affairs

Tax fraud, an absent accountant, and squabbling male models are threatening to undermine Karl Lagerfeld’s legacy

Dutch Courage

At a protest in Amsterdam, flashbacks to a childhood shaped by the civil-rights movement

Back to School

A nation of strivers under lockdown meets the à la carte subscription academy MasterClass

Hamptons Behaving Badly

In this installment: The Tale of the Sag Harbor Squatter

Monuments Men

Guess which side surrendered at Appomattox

Will Some Twentysomethings Take Down Trump?

Two roommates sue the president for violating their constitutional rights—simply so he could pose with a Bible

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The Making of a Predator, Part II

How Bob Weinstein played a primal role in Harvey’s rise and—perhaps—fall

Deconstructing the Middletons

Why can’t the British press stop talking about Kate’s fun-loving family?

Watch Your Step

A Harvard medical professor gets to the root of the 10,000-steps-per-day fad, and it has nothing to do with science

Fawlt Lines

The newest wave of political correctness infects the BBC—and takes away from the Black Lives Matter movement’s urgent cause

The Making of a Predator, Part I

What hidden demons drove Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall?

A Clean (and Green) Slate

How the travel industry is using the lockdown to build sustainable, eco-friendly businesses

The New King of All Media

Scott Galloway, one half of the must-listen podcast Pivot, is everywhere these days, railing against big tech and spreading big ideas

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FOSO: Fear of Standing Out

Online, the only thing worse than not showing solidarity with an important cause is showing it in the wrong way

My Name Is Karen …

… and I do not want to speak to your manager