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Tech-savvy users discover a way around redacted parts of Jeffrey Epstein files
Tech-savvy sleuths have discovered a way to uncensored the heavily redacted files on notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as the Department of Justice continues to release the documents. Some portions...
How Republicans can shatter 2026’s midterm narrative
There’s been a rash of doomsaying about the 2026 midterms after the GOP’s pitiful performance in November’s off-year elections and President Donald Trump’s sagging approval ratings — but a...
The Best Documentaries of 2025
The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what you ought to...
8 Startups Sam Altman Invested in Outside OpenAI in 2025
In 2025, Sam Altman doubled down on ambitious startups tackling power, health and automation. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Aside from becoming a household name with the breakout success of ChatGPT...
Art as Infrastructure: How Cultural Programming Is Redefining Luxury Hospitality
From artist residencies to institutional partnerships, Oram Hotels is testing a new model where culture drives place-making. Michal Rzepecki This Q&A is part of Observer’s Expert Insights series, where industry...
REDCAT’s 22nd NOW Festival Showcased the Breadth of L.A.’s Performance Art Scene
A “mixed media scrapbook,” notes on building a foundation, 1963 bridges the gap between the legendary and the living. Photographed by Angel Origgi. Courtesy of REDCAT. Performance art is...
Inside Alexandra Champalimaud’s Haute Holiday Wishlist
If you’ve ever sipped a cocktail in a gilded hotel bar or wandered through the luminous halls of a grand dame property, chances are you’ve unknowingly encountered Alexandra Champalimaud’s work....
10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays
MoMA, through Feb. 7, 2026 MoMA is hosting Ruth Asawa’s first major museum survey to reach New York following its debut at SFMOMA. Spanning six decades, the exhibition offers...
US economy unexpectedly surges 4.3% in third quarter — its strongest growth in two years
The US economy grew at an unexpectedly strong pace of 4.3% in the third quarter — the highest rate in two years — according to a government report released...
As Women Lean Out of Corporate, Many Are Finding Success as Entrepreneurs
New data shows women lagging in corporate promotions but surging as entrepreneurs. Unsplash Despite recent research showing women falling behind men when it comes to vying for promotions, that...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Ghislaine Maxwell if she had found him ‘new inappropriate friends’ in August 2001 email
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor apparently complained to Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell about spending time at the royal family’s “Balmoral Summer Camp” before asking the future convicted sex trafficker: “Have you...
