مصر الكرامة: The Year in Scandals

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It’s December 28, 2019

Here are some great reads for the weekend.

The Year’s Most Fascinating Scandals

How Varsity Blues Blew Up L.A.

Six-figure bribes. Fake water-polo photos. Bogus ACT tests. The college-admissions scandal exposed how far some of the city’s wealthiest families would go to get their kids into college.

Read Now in Vanity Fair

The Mysterious Death of Jeffrey Epstein
He was the most famous prisoner in the world. So how was he able to kill himself? The New Yorker

The Rise and Fall of Adam Neumann
The WeWork CEO fantasized about becoming “president of the world.” That megalomania fueled the growth of his company — and then destroyed it. The Wall Street Journal

The Afghanistan Papers
A trove of documents revealed that U.S. presidents, commanders, and diplomats knowingly misled the public about the war. The Washington Post

The Opioid Crisis’s Greatest Villains
OxyContin made the Sackler family rich. Now they’re paying the price. The Wall Street Journal

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Inside SoftBank’s Vision Fund

The venture-capital firm is famous for making outsize bets on startups like Uber and WeWork. Now, employees depict a culture of recklessness and harassment. Plus: why Rudy Giuliani is keeping up his hustle, how Boeing may have left 737 Max pilots unprepared, and the Wall Street magic tricks that make banks look safer than they really are.

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Weekend Pursuits

One thing to watch: Michael B. Jordan, now starring in Just Mercy about a lawyer working to free a man wrongly convicted of murder, says he only wants to make movies that matter. Esquire

One thing to listen to: Ariana Grande began 2019 with the epic breakup album Thank U, Next, and she’s ending it with K Bye for Now, a collection of live recordings from her yearlong tour featuring Nicki Minaj, Childish Gambino, and Big Sean (who’s also an ex). Refinery29

One thing to read: Kiley Reid’s thrilling, darkly funny debut novel, Such a Fun Age, tells the tale of a black babysitter accused of kidnapping her young white client. Lena Waithe already owns the screen rights. ELLE

One thing to drink: Want to be the most impressive guest at your new year’s party? Here’s how you saber a Champagne bottle. Cosmopolitan

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The Year in Scandals

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