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Sheelah Kolhatkar discusses the investigation of billionaire hedge-fund trader Steven A. Cohen. She says the ways Wall Street elites accumulate wealth often negatively affect the rest of the country.

Author Lisa Servon says a growing number of Americans are giving up on traditional banks and relying instead on alternatives, including prepaid debit cards, check-cashing centers and payday lenders.

Hudson lived a double life as a Hollywood heartthrob and a closeted gay man. Biographer Mark Griffin says Hudson's death from AIDS in 1985 was a turning point in public awareness of the epidemic.

When it comes to taxes, T.R. Reid says other countries have done "what the U.S. Congress evidently can't do — they've made it simple." His new book is A Fine Mess.

Author Scott Eyman explains how Chaplin was smeared in the press, scandalized for his affairs with young women, condemned for his alleged communist ties and banned from returning to the U.S.

The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an extrovert." He reflects on the first 40 years of his life in the memoir The House of Hidden Meanings.

Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the changes.

Each year, nearly half a million migrants cross the perilous stretch of jungle between South and Central America. Pulitzer Prize-winning Atlantic reporter Caitlin Dickerson made the harrowing journey.

Bazawule is best known for directing the 2023 adaptation of The Color Purple: The Musical. He also co-directed Black Is King with Beyoncé. His new exhibit of paintings is about growing up in Ghana.

Biographer Peter Guralnick paints a surprising portrait of Presley's long-time manager, Col. Tom Parker: "He had nothing whatsoever to do with the music other than to defend Elvis' choices."