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Jeffrey Epstein
June 23, 2021
Critical Mass
Jacob Silverman
Will We Ever Know What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows?
A Peacock docuseries raises important questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, but the answers remain a maddening mystery.
June 4, 2021
Magazine
Alex Shephard
Oligarch of the Month: Bill Gates
Gates was a lovable nerd who was out to save the world. Now, he’s a tech supervillain who wants to protect profits over public health.
May 20, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
Bill Gates and Matt Gaetz Reveal the Shallow, Dangerous Truth About the American War on Sex Trafficking
There’s no great conspiracy at play in the crises unfolding around the philanthropist and the congressman—just the banal myopias of power.
January 26, 2021
The Soapbox
Jacob Silverman
Leon Black and the American Tradition of Impunity
The private equity billionaire, pressured into retirement this week, gave $158 million to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Why doesn’t it matter more?
July 10, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
The Law Was Never Meant for Ghislaine Maxwell
Sex trafficking prosecution has been framed as a universal pursuit people can unite around, but that’s a fantasy.
June 17, 2020
Critical Mass
Jacob Silverman
Letting Jeffrey Epstein’s Pals Off the Hook
A new documentary and a new book about the disgraced pedophile only gesture at the upper-crust social milieu that tolerated his crimes.
September 18, 2019
David Klion
Covering for Roy Cohn
The new documentary about his life and circle is a study in complicity.
August 22, 2019
Evgeny Morozov
Jeffrey Epstein’s Intellectual Enabler
How did Epstein meet so many luminaries in the worlds of science and technology? It all might trace back to literary agent John Brockman.
August 15, 2019
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Matt Farwell
Jeffrey Epstein Chose New Mexico for a Reason
A journey through the Land of Enchantment, where the now-dead sex trafficker and his co-conspirators found a haven for radioactive secrets.
August 15, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
Is Cy Vance the Next Invincible New York Democrat to Lose?
The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.
August 12, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of “Justice” in America
The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.
August 11, 2019
Andrew Cohen
The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein
If you are shocked by a jail suicide you aren’t paying attention to the grim conditions of incarceration in America.
July 10, 2019
Matt Ford
Alexander Acosta’s Trumpian Non-Apology
The labor secretary botched the Jeffrey Epstein case a decade ago—then he botched his chance to admit his mistakes. His boss must be proud.
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