Powerbrokers · 18 Oct 2026
Saving America's Story
Columbus Day Conundrum
Is it Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Charlatan follows the new American identity.
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The Month’s Most Important News Stories
Powerbrokers · 11 Oct 2026
The Schoolyard Bully
The Nobel Prize 2026
The prize he coveted the most went to a nemesis. As America tries to run the world by fiat, Charlatan follows the Nobel Prizes pushing back.
Perspective · 4 Oct 2026
The Gatekeeper
Facts & Fiction
America, by rights, is in decline. Charlatan follows the build out to the new American Moment.
Perspective · 27 Sep 2026
The PFAS Presidency
Forever Chemicals
The EPA has unleashed three pesticides to America's farmers, crops, food source and families. THEA KARLSSON traces the tumor data the agency waved off, and a Supreme Court ruling that makes forever chemicals the nation's future."
Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 20 Apr 2025
Easter Sunrise
U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Legacy
Redemption isn’t a gift. It’s an opportunity for renewal.
Politico · 22 Oct 2024
The Promised Land
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Why Jerusalem is a stormy port city on the shore of etermity...
Politico · 8 Dec 2024
Unpardonable Sin
Presidential Pardons
A fête, coup and pretender auger tour de force during Advent.
Politico · 9 Nov 2025
We Own the Future!
The Democratic Socialists of America
As a political schism unfolds across the nation, Charlatan follows the cost of living crisis to the practical reality of a post-capitalist, socialist democracy.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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Powerbrokers · 11 May 2025
The Motherload
She’s the patron saint of Mother’s Day. Charlatan salutes the social activist who indemnified motherhood into the ethos of Americana.
Powerbrokers · 6 Apr 2025
Pay for Play
NCAA MARCH MADNESS
The cost of an unstoppable force is the price of an immovable object.
Powerbrokers · 14 Sep 2025
God’s Influencers
Turning Point USA
As they embrace the internet, the young are rising in might and right. Charlatan examines the saints & sinners being radicalized and exalted by the digital age.
Powerbrokers · 17 Mar 2024
Nightingale
St. Patrick's Way
Marriage equality in style, sexism hits headwinds in the Emerald Isle.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 13 Aug 2024
The Blacklist
Face identification software is quick to justice, but things aren't always what they seem.
Perspective · 28 Dec 2025
2026: The New World
The World Ahead, 2026
When 1.5 trillion in market speculations burst stocks plunge. Charlatan watches Artificial General Intelligence both blowing bubbles and breaking the surface of a New World.
Perspective · 11 Apr 2026
The Fix
NCAA Game-Fixing, March Madness, and the WNBA
A transnational betting scheme shadowed the NCAA's Money Madness. Charlatan follows the fixers to an offer the institution declined to make, and to the women and champions making the case that “It Just Means More.”
Perspective · 24 May 2022
Gun Fight
Gun Laws
School shootings aren't the problem. They’re a consequence, casualty, and foregone conclusion of a problem.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 15 May 2013
The Bride of Versailles
A travel essay linking the Palace of Versailles, the Treaty of Versailles, and the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace
Places · 6 Sep 2015
The Gate to China
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong Review: The Gate to China
The world's most competitive economy prevails inside the PRC. Contributor MATT GRAY checks in at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong and discovers One Country, Two Systems.
Places · 27 Sep 2013
City of Czars
A restored imperial residence in St. Petersburg transformed into a luxury hotel experience
Russia's fervent nationalism, religious messianism, and identity as a chosen nation has driven expansion across the world. Charlatan checked in to the Four Seasons Lion Palace before Magyar conquered Budapest, Trump was summoned to Beijing, or Moscow retreated from Ukraine — and saw that all roads no longer lead to St. Petersburg.
Places · 6 Sep 2015
Ritz London
An exploration of Edwardian luxury at The Ritz London on Piccadilly
It's the finest example of Edwardian England's style. Charlatan Magazine checks into the neoclassical masterpiece in the heart of London and experiences why this hotel's customs feel tried, true, and contemporary.