Carl Icahn’s Failed Raid on Washington
An eye-opening piece on the billionaire financier’s pugilistic approach, and his political machinations during the Trump presidency.
The rise and fall of South Africa’s far right
A piece assessing the waning fortunes of South Africa’s far right organisations.
The Disaster Tourist
A look at the market for “dark tourism” – a trend that involves companies arranging travel to risky and politically sensitive destinations.
Bugs are coming soon to your dinner table
A piece examining the growing insect farming industry, with around 1,900 species worldwide already part of human diets.
A global guide to state sponsored trolling
A sobering examination of the extraordinary array of online trolling techniques conceived, promoted and deployed by states around the world to silence dissent.
Queen of Cartels
The story of Sandra Ávila Beltrán, a woman who reached the upper echelons of the Mexican drug cartels.
Ian Goldin Interview – Immigration
The Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford is interviewed on immigration.
He Had His Reasons
A piece looking at how murder and domestic violence is reported in the press, recounting a terrible recent case in County Cavan, Ireland.
The Deepest Dig
The ocean bed is little understood and mapped by humans, and has been referred to as “the next best thing to another planet” from an astrobiological point of view. We don’t really know it at all, and yet we have figured out how to mine it.
Dispatches From the Alternate Universe Where Hillary Clinton Won
Newsweek collected numerous articles from the sizeable graveyard of pieces reflecting on a Hillary Clinton election victory.