Bloomberg Markets
El Petro, Or What We Can Learn From Venezuela's Doomed Crypto-Petrocurrency
Shakespeare tells us, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
7 min |
June - July 2019
The Atlantic
The Women Who Changed Spycraft
An old-boy operation was transformed during World War II, and at last the unsung upstarts are getting their due.
10 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
The Peculiar Blindness Of Experts
Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible.
9 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
How I Hacked Facebook
Algorithms have made the social network predictable and dreary. My quest to make it random and fun.
7 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Ethiopia's Image-Maker
Aïda Muluneh, whose vibrant photographs explore national identity, wants to upend portrayals of Africa.
8 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Desus And Mero Beyond The Bronx
Can the stars of the hit podcast Bodega Boys subvert late-night TV?
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Autocorrect
How advances in real-time fact-checking might improve our politics
10+ min |
June 2019
Bloomberg Markets
Moving Forward
For TPG’s Jim Coulter and Jon Winkelried, radical change is an investing opportunity.They’re finding plenty of disruption in the economy, in their portfolio— and even in their firm
10+ min |
June - July 2019
Bloomberg Markets
The Lawyer Who Helped Greece And Argentina Sees New Emerging-market Defaults Brewing
FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES facing down creditors, Lee Buchheit was the cavalry.
5 min |
June - July 2019
Bloomberg Markets
He Just Won't Stop Betting On A Crash
RUSSELL CLARK’S ENTRY into the high-stakes world of investing could hardly have been less promising.
5 min |
June - July 2019
Bloomberg Markets
For Meridiam's Thierry Deau, Assets Mean Airports And Tunnels
THIERRY DEAU’S ENGINEERING training in France led him early in his career to building government-funded infrastructure.
6 min |
June - July 2019
Globe
Caroline Kennedy's Tragic Living Hell!
American icon fighting incurable disease
1 min |
May 20, 2019
EBONY
After The Smoke Clears
Cannabis legalization has taken the national stage as the house and senate weigh bills to abolish federal prohibition. But wiping out the toll the war on drugs has taken on black america is proving an even more complicated and hazy proposition as leading voices seek parity.
10+ min |
Spring 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Harvesting Anger In Putin's Heartland
The Russian president’s opponents are seeking to capitalize on discontent over broken promises to improve health services
6 min |
May 13, 2019
New York magazine
Los Angeles Fire Season Is Beginning Again. And It Will Never End
A bulletin from our climate future.
10+ min |
May 13-26, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Voyage Down Modi's Ganges
The Indian prime minister wants a second fiveyear term. To win reelection he’ll have to convince the people along the country’s holiest river that their lives have improved
9 min |
May 06, 2019
AppleMagazine
Twitter Profit Rises As Trump Demands ‘Fairer' Social Media
Twitter Inc. trumpeted strong quarterly growth in earnings and users while President Donald Trump tweeted criticism of the social media site for allegedly discriminating against him politically.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #391
Reason magazine
Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young
“Cancel Culture” is out of control online.
10+ min |
June 2019
AppleMagazine
Microsoft Workers Join China's Debate Over Grueling Workweek
Tech workers in China protesting a corporate culture of grueling work schedules are getting some support from their U.S. peers.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #391
Bloomberg Businessweek
Trump's Iran Crackdown Isn't Working
Despite the economic hit, the Islamic republic is still funding groups the U.S. calls terrorists.
4 min |
April 29, 2019
Bloomberg Businessweek
Extortion Is Booming In Bolsonaro's Brazil
Off-duty and rogue police officers are contributing to $39 billion in graft.
6 min |
April 29, 2019
Globe
Kate & William Split!
World Exclusive: Heartbroken duchess takes kids & moves in with her mom over William cheating scandal
3 min |
May 6, 2019
New York magazine
The Stolen Kids Of Sarah Lawrence
When Larry Ray visited his daughter at college, her roommates were happy to let him spend the night. Nine years later, they are still struggling to get out from under his grip.
10+ min |
April 29, 2019
Techlife News
UK Proposes Banning Social Media ‘Likes' For Children
Britain’s privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to “like” posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it’s proposing to protect children’s online privacy. Under the draft rules, which were released for consultation this week, tech companies would not be allowed to use “nudge techniques” that encourage children to keep using a site.
1 min |
April 20, 2019
The Atlantic
Can A Black Woman Win The Presidency Today?
The senator from California has always been cautious, but since announcing her candidacy she’s grown bolder. Can a black woman win the presidency today—and what compromises must she make to do so?
10+ min |
May 2019
Reason magazine
When The Cops Come For You In The Target Parking Lot
A mom reflects on her experience parenting in the age of fear.
4 min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Meet The Teens Who Want To Get Vaccinated Against Their Parents' Wishes
What Happens When A Kid Raised By “all-natural” Parents Wants To Make A Different Choice?
9 min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Make School Hard Again
ON MARCH 12, news of a massive admission scandal broke in the world of higher education.
7 min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Immunize Your Kids Against Intrusive Government
DO I VACCINATE my son? You bet—and not just against the usual motley mix of physical childhood ailments. Almost every day our homeschooling curriculum offers a boost to his immunity against excessive respect for meddlers and control freaks.
3 min |
June 2019
Reason magazine
Don't Be Like The Rainbow Fish
LIKE SO MANY of the best socialist products, Marcus Pfister’s The Rainbow Fish has been a runaway capitalist success.
3 min |