How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
Murdoch and his children have toppled governments on two continents and destabilized the most important democracy on Earth. What do they want?
By Jonathan Mahler and
The 4.7.19 Issue
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CreditPhoto illustration by Joan Wong Part 2: Inside the Succession Battle for the Murdoch Empire
President Trump’s election made the Murdoch family more powerful than ever. But the bitter struggle between James and Lachlan threatened to tear the company apart.
By Jonathan Mahler and
CreditPhoto illustration by Joan Wong Part 3: The Future of Fox: An Even More Powerful Political Weapon
The Disney deal left the Murdochs with a media empire stripped to its essence: a hard-core right-wing news machine — with Lachlan in charge.
By Jonathan Mahler and
CreditPhoto illustration by Joan Wong 6 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Rupert Murdoch and His Family
Using 150 interviews on three continents, The Times describes the Murdoch family’s role in destabilizing democracy in North America, Europe and Australia.
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How A.S.M.R. Became a Sensation
The brain-tingling feeling was a hard-to-describe psychological oddity. Until, suddenly, it was a YouTube phenomenon.
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CreditHannah Whitaker for The New York Times FeatureTaylor Mac Wants Theater to Make You Uncomfortable
His wild, profane creations confront us with everything horrifying and joyous about America — and ourselves. Now he’s coming for Broadway.
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CreditMickalene Thomas for The New York Times Robert A. Caro on the Means and Ends of Power
“Power reveals. Do I want people to know that? Yes.”
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CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times TalkLetter of Recommendation: Personality Cafe
How I found a road map to my emotions on a decade-old online message board.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka. Source photographs from Getty Images. Letter of RecommendationThese Date-and-Walnut Bars Are Food for the Gods
Trial and error leads to the perfect Filipino dessert.
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The Boy Was Feverish, With a Swollen Testicle. What Could He Possibly Have?
A 16-year-old gets sick for weeks over the summer. When antibiotics don’t help, his mother has an idea.
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CreditIllustration by Cristina Daura DiagnosisLionel Messi’s Goals Go Viral Like No Other Player’s
Instant online video highlights change the way we watch every sport, but none more so than soccer.
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CreditGetty Images ScreenlandShould My Daughter Speak Up About a Classmate’s Plagiarized Poem?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle a cheating peer and whether to alert officials that a nanny is ill-treated.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistPoem: Sometimes There Is a Day
A bittersweet song for our tortured world, dispensing light and dark equally.
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Credit PoemGet permission from local officials. Make no assumptions about what will be unearthed.
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