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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for Arab State
Since being revealed as a CIA operative and selling Blackwater, Erik Prince has set to work building U.A.E. a mercenary army, made up heavily of Colombian and South African troops, to be used “if the Emirates faced unrest or were challenged by pro-democracy demonstrations in its crowded labor camps or democracy protests like those sweeping the Arab world this year.”
The Strange Power of Qatar
How the contradiction-rich “country the size of Connecticut” that birthed Al-Jazeera has played an integral and surprising role in the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle
The hunt for rare 1933 Double Eagle coins:
The U.S. Secret Service, responsible for protecting the nation’s currency, has been pursuing them for nearly 70 years, through 13 Administrations and 12 different directors. The investigation has spanned three continents and involved some of the most famous coin collectors in the world, a confidential informant, a playboy king, and a sting operation at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. It has inspired two novels, two nonfiction books, and a television documentary. And much of it has centered around a coin dealer, dead since 1990, whose shop is still open in South Philadelphia, run by his 82-year-old daughter.
The Truth of El Mozote
The story of a massacre in El Salvador.
The World Cup of Dirty Dreams
Behind the doors of Centaurus, Rio’s most infamous brothel.
The Soundtrack of Your Life
On the business of Muzak.
The Age of Loneliness
On the decline of nature, and our wonder at it.
Bearing Witness to the Rise of ISIS
The story of freelance journalist Anna Therese Day.
The Weight of Guilt
Inside the world of bass fishing cheaters.
The Land of Smoke and Fog
On the gentle art of pipe smoking.
The Caging of America
On the scandal of our teeming prisons.
The Dark Optimism of Paul Thomas Anderson
A profile of the director.
The Fearless Cinema of Claire Denis
A profile of the filmmaker.
The Meaning of Serena Williams
Black excellence in the land of tennis.
The New Generation of LA Rap Is Changing Everything
Reimagining the sound and slang of Los Angeles.
The Magic of Estate Sales
The timeless allure of looking through other peoples stuff.
The Thousand Autumns of Naomi Osaka
A 2018 profile of the tennis star.
The Redemption of Michael K. Williams
A profile of the actor, who died Monday.
The Lost Buddhas of Bamiyan
Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan.
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The Future of Advertising
A survey on where the industry is headed. Says one agency veteran: “Marketing in the future is like sex. Only the losers will have to pay for it.”
In the Ashes of Ghost Ship
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for 36 deaths there.
Pleasures of the Fur
Adventures at a gathering of furries.
The Godmother of Soul
A profile of Erykah Badu.
The Mask of Doom
A profile of MF Doom.
