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June 29, 2023
Prem Thakker
Here’s Even More Evidence That Trump’s SPAC is a Scam
Three investors in an entity connected to it were just arrested for insider trading.
January 18, 2023
Prem Thakker
George Santos Stole $3,000 Raised for a Homeless Veteran’s Dying Dog
A new report says that Santos’s fake animal charity raised $3,000 on GoFundMe for a veteran’s dying service dog. Santos then took the money and disappeared.
February 9, 2022
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Philippa Snow
In
Inventing Anna,
Wealth Is a Scam
The new Netflix drama about fake heiress Anna Delvey has much in common with “Billions” and “Succession.”
November 8, 2021
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Alex Shephard
Do We Really Need an Anti-Woke University?
The new University of Austin seeks to be higher education’s premier institution of monetizing moral panics.
June 23, 2021
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
An Herbal Viagra Scam and the Hard Truth About the Dietary Supplement Industry
A prolific seller of “all-natural” sexual enhancement pills was shut down by the FDA. So why can you still buy Stiff Nights all over the place?
August 4, 2020
The Soapbox
J.C. Pan
The Rise of the Creepy Reopening Industry
In the absence of a coherent government response to the pandemic, the private sector has stepped into the void with new disinfecting tools, surveillance apps, and cardboard.
April 3, 2020
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J.C. Pan
The Pandemic’s Shameless Profiteers
While hucksters and quacks try cash in on the crisis, the coronavirus is fast becoming a windfall for those already on top.
July 30, 2019
Hannah Rosefield
The Voice of a Microgeneration
How Jia Tolentino’s incisive, capacious essays became essential reading.
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