Madewell’s authenticity problem, written by the great-grandson of the company’s founder.

On July 2017, a visitor to the Museum of Capitalism contributed a watch (from here on referred to as 'our watch') to the museum’s artifact drive. In his form, he noted that Folsom & Co., a supposedly San Francisco-based company, used Instagram to offer the watch 'free,' but with $7 shipping.

An upstart football league goes horribly awry during its first season,.

How Adam Neumann turned WeWork into a $47 billion business.

Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn’s hottest media companies?

What’s at stake in the fight over development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? A caribou herd, and a culture that relies on it.

The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans? Though some will reap serious profits, the region’s dealing with skyrocketing rents, overcrowded schools, and potholes as big as VW Beetles.

Gabriel Zucman is an economist who specializes in documenting and estimating the wealth stashed in offshore accounts. His work has influenced the tax plans of more than one presidential campaign.

On labor organizing at a Silicon Valley giant and what happens when a company loses touch with its motto of “don’t be evil.”

The curious rise and spectacular crash of the Alliance of American Football, a new league that went under in just eight weeks.

The city of New York is suing a Long Island woman for making NYPD T-shirts. But is it really about money or controlling the brand?

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?

Food. Phone calls. Medical care. Transport. Even in public prisons, “piecemeal privatization” is transforming incarceration in America.

For a century, the humble paper towel has dominated public toilets. But a new generation of hand dryers has sparked a war for loo supremacy.

Riots in Athens, the shadowy Vatopaidi monastery, and a quarter million dollars in debt for every citizen. Welcome to Greece.

The world’s largest jewelry retailer was a cesspool of harassment and unfair treatment of women who worked there.

In 2005, the painting sold at auction for $1,000. Its most recent price? $450 million.

How pop-up tax preparers make billions off the poor.

Two Dominican families, their lawyer, and a quest for ancestral riches that may not exist.

Local communities are taking the world’s largest polluters to court. And they’re using the legal strategy that got tobacco companies to pay up.

Ten years ago, the tax agency formed a special team to unravel the complex tax-lowering strategies of the nation’s wealthiest people. It never had a chance.

When colleges shut down, people get hurt.

How proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement.

How Miami’s real estate industry turns a blind eye to climate change.

Just a few years ago, universities had a chance to make a quality education affordable for everyone. Here’s the little-known and absolutely infuriating history of what they did instead.