In 1945, a father and his young son set out across the bering strait, fleeing soviet russia for a better life in america. Neither knew how perilous their journey would become.
How Nassim Taleb turned the inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy.
By: Joe Levin   |   Texas Monthly   |   July 2022
The Texas gambler has been winning at poker for seventy years—long enough to become an icon and watch an outlaw’s game become an industry.
By: Patrick Radden Keefe   |   New Yorker   |   June 2022
A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues?
By: Sheelah Kolhatkar   |   The New Yorker   |   June 2022
For years, nonconsensual videos flourished on the Internet. How have adult sites been reined in?
By: Megan Michelson   |   Outside   |   May 2022
Last summer, Tiffany Thiele, a young rock climber from Reno, Nevada, took her life after posting a Facebook message claiming she’d been raped by a ski patroller. She left behind an unsolvable mystery about what really happened, along with urgent questions about whether more could have been done to heal her feelings of pain and distrust.
William O’Brien was a well-heeled doctor with a thriving Philadelphia medical practice. He was also at the center of a massive painkiller supply chain run by an outlaw biker gang.
By: Vauhini Vara   |   Wired   |   June 2022
The Chinese company has become a fast-fashion juggernaut by appealing to budget-conscious Gen Zers. But its ultralow prices are hiding unacceptable costs.
By: Dylan Taylor Lehman   |   Narratively   |   Aug 2020
Jay J. Armes is a legendary and controversial Texan investigator with hooks for hands and six decades chasing criminals. This was his most epic murder case ever.
By: Eve Fairbanks   |   Huffpost Highline   |   July 2019
More and more young women are being called to the religious life, after 50 straight years of decline. What on earth is going on?