The Panic Attack of the Power Brokers
What’s the future of NYC real estate?
Andrew Rice
The Bad, Good Lawyer
David Boies argued Bush v. Gore all the way to the Supreme Court. He lost the case, but in the process gained another client: Harvey Weinstein.
The Fight for the Right to be Muslim in America
A bitter legal row over a mosque in an affluent New Jersey town shows the new face of Islamophobia in the age of Trump.
The Reckless Plot to Overthrow Africa's Most Absurd Dictator
Mistakes were made by the middle-aged Americans who hoped to take over Gambia.
The Pierre Omidyar Insurgency
The story, so far, of First Look Media.
Stash Pad
How New York real estate became the new Swiss bank account.
Damien Hirst: Jumping the Shark
The market for Hirst’s work is in a tailspin. Why?
Anatomy of a Campus Coup
The failed deposal of a university president.
How the New York Film Academy Discovered Gold in the Developing World
On the trade school’s business model and its founder, a former movie producer named Jerry Sherlock.
A Scorsese in Lagos
On the difficult challenges faced by an auteur in Nigeria’s burgeoning Nollywood film economy.
The Saving of Ground Zero
If the memory of the Twin Towers now belongs to the world, the story of how they have been replaced is entirely of New York: a tale of power, capital, shifting allegiances, and hallowed ground.
Life on the Line
The intertwined destinies of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
The Long Interrogation
In the 1970s, Kelbessa Negewo was a midlevel administrator in Ethiopia’s brutal Red Terror regime. In the 1990s, he was a bellhop in an Atlanta hotel. Then someone he had tortured back home recognized him.
The Convict and the Congressman
How did a Kentucky entrepreneur, a Louisiana politician, and the vice president of Nigeria end up in one of the biggest scandals to hit America’s black elite in decades?
