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Who has it, how they got it, and what they do when no one is watching.

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Americans Over 55 Own 74% of the Wealth. The Bill Is Coming Due.

Apr 13, 2026

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7 min read

Americans Over 55 Own 74% of the Wealth. The Bill Is Coming Due.

Plus: a Russian academic's battle to renounce his citizenship after Ukraine, the anonymous model behind a global feminist icon, and a hospital chain that never set aside a dollar for malpractice.

Culture

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She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

Apr 10, 2026

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8 min read

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

Plus: how 1980s mergers turned law firms into billable-hour machines, Virginia's high-stakes gerrymandering referendum, and peptide vials found to contain lead and endotoxins.

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