Amway Corp., one of the largest multilevel marketing companies in the U.S., and two of its affiliates—World Wide Group, L.L.C. (WWG) and Leadership Team Development Inc.

What the history of multilevel marketing can teach us about our political moment — and potential ways out of it.

Mary Kay launched her eponymous cosmetics empire in 1963, just a month after the death of her fifth husband. A new biography interrogates how the entrepreneuse sold the idea of hustle to generations o...

We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

We’re each attached to years of texts, Slacks, searches, and pictures, a digital archive of self-incrimination and humiliation. Now, hacks, lawsuits, and data breaches are increasingly exposing these records. What if it all got out?

A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat.

A key issue is protections against layoffs from AI

After his marriage to Nicola Peltz, the wayward Brooklyn Beckham disavowed his superstar family for his billionaire in-laws. He may never go back.

After his marriage to Nicola Peltz, the wayward Brooklyn Beckham disavowed his superstar family for his billionaire in-laws. He may never go back.

How the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into American hearts and wallets.

How the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into American hearts and wallets.

How the women of Utah blogged and posted their way into American hearts and wallets.

Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

In Little Bosses Everywhere, Bridget Read traces how the pyramid scheme transformed America.

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My friend Aaron thinks he's better than me because he "reads books" and "knows how to read." That's fine. I've looked at so many posts. He's starting a new political newsletter called Heartland Signa...

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How did multilevel marketing schemes come to be legal, let alone so widespread? The answer has to do with how we think of workers and how we think of consumers.

Q&A with Bridget Read, author of Little Bosses Everywhere.

The bedrock of democracy is a free press, which includes the right of reporters to ask questions of and report on the government, including law enforcement …

The face-lift is better than ever, and everybody wants one. Deep inside the uncanny world of the surgically ageless.

Following Israel’s killing of five journalists in Gaza on Aug. 25, the NewsGuild of New York again condemns in the strongest possible terms the continued …

How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

Bridget Read, Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America (2025).Ann LiptonRecent high-profile business implosions such as FTX and WeWork introduced the world to the notion of the ...

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A “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of history and reportage that unveils the stranger-than-fiction world of multilevel marketing: a massive money-making scam and radical political conspiracy...