The “Epstein class”, with its ceaseless cascade of horrors, violence, and extremist causes, are a mere fraction of today’s globally networked elites. The latest files provide an unrelenting look into behind-the-scenes machinations that protect and enable this socioeconomic stratum.

If you are working in the arts today, you are part of an unprecedented crisis due in part to a globally weakening labour market. A slew of multinational companies, including tech conglomerates IBM, Meta, and Amazon, have announced massive job cuts.