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Politics and governmentArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “November 2025–February 2026: Harvard investigation followed by complete departure from university” and “2026: NBER affiliation terminated and lifetime ban by American Economic Association”.
17 controversies · 25 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “Founding of Beira's Place, support centre for victims restricted to biologically female women” and “Paris Olympics: posts about Imane Khelif followed by Rowling being named in French cyberharassment complaint”.
15 controversies · 27 sources
MusicArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2019: Arrest in Paris after buying cocaine and fine” and “2019: Fight in Paris days after cocaine arrest; three-month suspended prison sentence”.
12 controversies · 10 sources7 convictions8 formal charges
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “World Fantasy Award abandons Lovecraft bust; S. T. Joshi returns his awards” and “Campaign to replace World Fantasy trophy”.
11 controversies · 10 sources
Business and billionairesArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “May 2026: federal investigation into American Future Republic and funding of E. Jean Carroll's lawsuits” and “March 2026: new DOJ documents show longer and more personal Epstein relationship than initially portrayed publicly”.
11 controversies · 12 sources
Religion, sects and spiritual movementsArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “2018–2026: controversy over environmentally sensitive site, elephant corridors and land occupation; several central allegations contradicted by official records” and “2024–July 2026: defamation case against Nakkheeran; Delhi High Court orders removal of dozens of items deemed prima facie false or defamatory”.
11 controversies · 17 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsIdeologies, militancy and activism
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Calls to withdraw recognition of Israel and support for a democratic one-state solution” and “Letter opposing proscription of Palestine Action”.
11 controversies · 15 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2006–2008: rapprochement with Vladimir Putin, state award and anti-Western nationalist positions” and “2008: rejection of genocide classification for Holodomor and allegation of anti-Russian manipulation”.
10 controversies · 15 sources2 formal charges
Celebrities, influencers and social mediaArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Public rift with David and Victoria Beckham: statement that he does not want reconciliation” and “DoorDash advertisement using family dispute: accusations of monetising conflict”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Dr. Seuss Enterprises stops publishing six books” and “Academic study and NAACP resolution concerning racial portrayals”.
10 controversies · 8 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “English Heritage adds criticism of racism and xenophobia to its entry” and “Royal Mint declines to issue commemorative coin”.
10 controversies · 8 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Five-year dispute with Kangana Ranaut: cross-complaints followed by settlement” and “Copyright Amendment: Akhtar claims producers boycotted him over his campaign for royalties”.
10 controversies · 16 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Signing of 1977 appeal to relax criminal law on adult–minor relationships” and “Visit to Andreas Baader: Condemnation of detention conditions while disapproving of RAF terrorism”.
10 controversies · 12 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Ukraine: theory of a war 'provoked' by NATO enlargement and open letter from Ukrainian economists” and “'The End of Poverty' documentary: producers sue Sachs over alleged breach of agreements”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2017–2018: Gallimard plans pamphlet reprints, national controversy and suspension” and “2011: posthumous removal of Céline from French National Celebrations”.
10 controversies · 13 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “1805–1811: theatre at Charenton, public success followed by bans and cessation of performances” and “1801–1803: arrest at publisher's premises, seizures and detention without ordinary trial before Charenton”.
10 controversies · 7 sources2 convictions2 formal charges
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Departure from New York Times: Krugman denounces intrusive editing and pressure towards 'false balance', management disputes claims” and “2023: 'war on inflation is over' based on indicator excluding several major components”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Media and journalismArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Ukraine: opposition to Western escalation and calls for negotiations with Russia” and “Lucy Letby: public challenges to the evidence and calls for review of convictions”.
10 controversies · 19 sources
Film, television and entertainmentArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Legal action against CogX organisers following fall from stage” and “J.K. Rowling described as a "lost cause" and "radicalised by TERFs"”.
10 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsIdeologies, militancy and activism
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Post-war Glossarium: Continuing antisemitic remarks and refusal of clear repentance” and “Internment and questioning at Nuremberg as witness and 'possible defendant', without indictment”.
9 controversies · 8 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1946–1958: at St. Elizabeths, maintains far-right networks and views, including opposition to school integration” and “1958: treason indictment dismissed without trial due to lasting unfitness; released from St. Elizabeths”.
9 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1947–2006: enduring controversy over aesthetic portrayal of Nazi and militia figures in his work” and “1970s–1986: pro-Palestinian activism, political support and contested legacy”.
9 controversies · 14 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Bitcoin: call to ban cryptocurrency” and “Greek referendum: public support for 'no' challenged by other leading economists”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Assaut contre la frontière: open letter from Franco-Amazigh associations over erasure of Morocco's Amazigh dimension” and “France as 'the only monolingual country in the French-speaking world': listener protests and linguistic correction on France Inter”.
9 controversies · 11 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Publication of Black Notebooks: Antisemitic passages reopen debate on philosophy and antisemitism” and “Introduction to Metaphysics: 'Inner truth and greatness' of National Socialism”.
9 controversies · 10 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2022–2023: remarks about Muslims in France, Grand Mosque announces complaint then withdraws after expressions of regret and rewriting” and “2023: legal battle to prevent KIRAC 27 release; initial failure followed by right to advance viewing on appeal”.
9 controversies · 14 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsIdeologies, militancy and activism
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2026 files: Further exchanges, advice to Epstein about his public image and public apology by Valeria Chomsky” and “2025 documents: Relationship with Epstein closer than initially described publicly”.
9 controversies · 11 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2003: The White Man Unburdened interprets Iraq War partly as restoration of white American masculinity” and “1980–1982: supports Jack Henry Abbott's publication and release; Abbott kills Richard Adan shortly afterwards”.
9 controversies · 16 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
MusicArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Follow Me: 2026 backlash over extensive use of AI-generated imagery in video” and “Maghribi Maghribi: criticism of quality, performance and choice of artists”.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Hundreds of passages rewritten by Puffin with sensitivity readers” and “Puffin also restores unexpurgated collection following outcry”.
9 controversies · 9 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2022–2025: attempted murder at Chautauqua; attacker sentenced to 25 years” and “2024–2025: administrative basis for Indian ban on The Satanic Verses cannot be found; new application rejected”.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Gaza after 7 October: Rejection of genocide allegations and characterisation of much anti-Zionism as antisemitism” and “2006 prediction that France could become majority Muslim, subsequently withdrawn”.
9 controversies · 9 sources
Ideologies, militancy and activismArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “'White British population decreased... we're winning': demographic clip resurfaces and debate over context” and “Minority Rule: critique of identity politics and allegations of belated change of position”.
8 controversies · 14 sources
Film, television and entertainmentArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026: adaptation of The Shards — Ellis reportedly excluded from creative process after early episodes” and “2019: White turns controversies into manifesto against political correctness, social media and progressive culture”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Support for invasion of Iraq and announced vote for George W. Bush in 2004” and “'Why Women Aren't Funny': Sexist generalisations about women's humour”.
8 controversies · 11 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “US legal victory for Lady Chatterley's Lover against postal ban” and “Penguin trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover: acquittal”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsWhistleblowers, victims and witnesses
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Federal lawsuit against United States: Allegation FBI and DOJ ignored her warnings in 1996 and 2006” and “Harassment, threats and exposure of personal data after public statements and federal disclosures”.
8 controversies · 8 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026: shift towards tokenised digital asset backed by ETF despite years of denouncing cryptocurrencies” and “After 2009: 'perma-bear' reputation fuelled by series of very pessimistic forecasts not realised in their most severe form”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Ideologies, militancy and activismArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026 reaffirmation of explicitly racial dimension of 'great replacement'” and “Sud Radio interview on 'great replacement': broadcaster's formal warning upheld by Council of State”.
8 controversies · 12 sources2 convictions3 formal charges
Arts, letters and intellectualsIdeologies, militancy and activism
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Bianca Bienenfeld/Lamblin: Relationship with teenage pupil and posthumous controversy over power imbalance” and “1977 'À propos d'un procès' petition: Challenge to severity of criminal law in case involving minors”.
8 controversies · 10 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Minimum wage: recurring argument that it destroys low-skilled employment despite far more mixed empirical literature” and “'Intellectuals and Race': argument that disparities are too readily attributed to racism”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
MusicArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Royalties, management and Glitterbest funds dispute, followed by 1986 settlement” and “'Duck Rock': cultural appropriation and lack of credits for South African musicians”.
7 controversies · 10 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Guy Sorman's posthumous accusations of sexual abuse in Tunisia: Uncorroborated allegations and indirect testimony” and “Iranian Revolution: Fascination with the anti-Shah movement's 'political spirituality'”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “American Humanist Association withdraws Humanist of the Year award following remarks on trans identity” and “Tweet claiming eugenics 'would work in practice' in humans”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and governmentArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Gerrymandering: principled opposition followed by tactical support for partisan countermeasures in 2026” and “K-shaped economy: Scott Bessent suggests Berkeley should dismiss Reich following criticism of government”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Bit Palas: civil judgment finding partial plagiarism followed by dismissal of appeal in 2025” and “Ekrem İmamoğlu's 2025 arrest: public denunciation of democratic decline and support for demonstrations”.
6 controversies · 12 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1970–2019: enduring feminist criticism of misogyny and sexual politics in his works” and “1950–1968: Sexus banned in France, then reauthorised with restrictions”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Ideologies, militancy and activismArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1939–1940: Visit to Nazi Germany, interview with Hitler and favourable observation of eugenics courts” and “1930s: Alfred Rosenberg explicitly cites Stoddard in Nazi development of "Untermensch" concept”.
6 controversies · 7 sources
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