How the World's Biggest Bookie was Snared
Paul Phua rose from a Borneo numbers runner to being the biggest bookmaker in the world. Then he found poker.
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JONAH, the Largest Jewish Gay Conversion Therapy Organization, Takes Its Last Breath
Inside “a surreal world of pseudo-scientific methods and jargon, traumatizing psychodramas and nude cuddling with counselors.”
In Hokkaido, the Ultimate Japanese Snow Country
A traveler tries to make sense of a beautiful island with a dark past.
The Unlikely Revolutionary
A father’s search for meaning and justice five years after his son was killed during the Tahrir Square uprising.
Oil Is the Cheap Date From Hell
On the parasitic relationship between oil and the stock market.
Pornhub Is the Kinsey Report of Our Time
How a streaming empire has changed the way the world has sex.
A Kingdom for a Horse
“The most decorated athlete in all of Kazakhstan is a five-year-old Mongolian horse named Lazer.”
Zoë and the Trolls
Video-game designer Zoë Quinn in the aftermath of Gamergate, an act of web harassment with world-altering implications.
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea
Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation?
One Person’s History of Twitter, From Beginning to End
“What happens when the thing that might save you is also the thing that might destroy the world?”
The Brothers Who Bought South Africa
Africa’s most important economy now appears to function for the benefit of one powerful family—the Guptas.
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
Inside China’s vast new experiment in social ranking.
The Tax Haven in the Heart of Britain
The history of the City of London Corporation, a “prehistoric monster which had mysteriously survived into the modern world.”
The Killers of Kiev
If you are an enemy of Putin, there’s one city where intrigue and assassins are bound to follow you.
When the Next Plague Hits
The epidemics of the early 21st century revealed a world unprepared, even as the risks continue to multiply. Much worse is coming.
Unprotected
An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped.
My Life Cleanse: One Month Inside L.A.'s Cult of Betterness
A month-long tour inside L.A.’s cultish world of wellness.
What Driving Can Teach Us About Living
How we respond to the rules of the road offers insight into being human.
When Choice Is 221 Miles Away
If you want to see what a world without Roe looks like, look at Mississippi.
How the U.S. Betrayed the Marshall Islands, Kindling the Next Nuclear Disaster
The U.S. buried nuclear waste in the Pacific after WWII. It’s close to resurfacing.
Hong Kong’s Protest Movement and the Fight for the City’s Soul
After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise.
A Translation Crisis at the Border
For migrants who speak Mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum.
Bad Bunny in Captivity
How does a Latin-pop superstar spend lockdown? Hanging out with his girlfriend, watching ‘Toy Story’ and surprising the world.
Nine American Mormons Died in a Brutal Ambush in Mexico
Was the attack outside of the LeBaron compound really by a cartel?
The Haunting of Girlstown
A mysterious outbreak. Hundreds of stricken schoolgirls. Was it an illness, or was something darker to blame?
