It’s one of the most grueling races on the planet, a thousand-mile odyssey run every winter across the Alaskan wilderness. But with the return of the famed Iditarod, the exploits of Dallas Seavey, dogsledding’s most dominant figure, continue to raise questions about the fate of an embattled sport.
By: DT Max   |   New Yorker   |   March 2023
After the Afro-Cuban writer H. G. Carrillo died, his husband learned that almost everything the writer had shared about his life was made up—including his Cuban identity.
Before Risk, before Dungeons & Dragons, before Magic: The Gathering, there was Diplomacy. One writer enters international competition to play the world-conquering game that redefines what it means to be a geek (and a person).
Carson Block uses covert techniques to uncover fraud for profit. Now he’s under investigation himself. Is he the hero of Wall Street, or the villain?
By: Andrew Deck and Raksha Kumar   |   Rest of World   |   Jan 2023
Los Angeles-based Trilogy Media took “scambaiting” to a new level, but some claim they’re gaining viral fame at others’ expense.
In 1810, a freed slave named Tom Molineaux fought in one of the most important fights in the history of boxing. This is his story.
By: Robin Respaut, Chad Terhune and Michelle Conlin   |   Reuters   |   Dec 2022
Understanding the reasons some transgender people quit treatment is key to improving it, especially for the rising number of minors seeking to medically transition, experts say. But for many researchers, detransitioning and regret have long been untouchable subjects.
Technology, corporate greed, and supply-chain chaos are transforming life behind the wheel of a big rig. I went on the road to find exactly how.
By: Simon Akam   |   Economist   |   Jan 2023
For years, they swaggered atop the medical profession. Now the machines are coming for their jobs
By: Brendan Koerner   |   Wired   |   April 2018
Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.