Star Wars creator George Lucas’ vision of a museum of narrative art is big, bold and unapologetically popular. And Los Angeles, with its unique mix of high and low culture, is the perfect place to build it. Continue Reading “How George Lucas’ New Museum Could Transform Downtown LA”
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The NFL player is an agent, an angel investor and activist and a philanthropist. Continue Reading “Russell Okung Plays Offense”
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In the 1990s, she was a successful child actress. Now, after striking out on her own, an heir to one of America’s most famous fortunes is putting that money to good work. Continue Reading “Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ Family Values”
Showtime’s hedge fund drama is television’s most insightful show about financial power. So Worth asked executive producers David Levien and Brian Koppelman to tell us where—and how—they get their material. Continue Reading “The “Billions” Producers Talk Power”
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Why men like Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein lie about their wealth, and why the New York City business media lets them. Continue Reading “Meet The Naked Billionaires”
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When State Street Global Advisors launched a woman-oriented exchange traded fund and placed the Fearless Girl statue in Lower Manhattan, the financial firm said it wanted to change the way thousands of companies do business. Two years later, is Wall Street a better place for women? Continue Reading “Did Fearless Girl Change Anything for Women on Wall Street?”
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In remembrance of Alan Rabinowitz, one of the modern era’s great conservation scientists. Continue Reading “The Ghost of the Jungle”
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Erika Irish Brown ’98, global head of diversity and inclusion for financial-information powerhouse Bloomberg, is working to disrupt the modern-day workplace and open its doors to the world. Continue Reading “Making the Difference”
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South Sudan became the world’s newest country in 2011. But since breaking from Sudan, it’s been riven by its own internal conflicts between clan groups, minor warlords and government factions. Continue Reading “Online fake news and hate speech are fueling tribal ‘genocide’ in South Sudan”
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Protests at John F. Kennedy airport against President Trump’s immigration policies highlight competing strains of American history. Continue Reading “Resistance at the Crossroads of the World”
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