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Ben Kodres-O’Brien reviews Sandeep Vaheesan's new book, "Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States." The book explores the dominance of corporate interests in electricity generation, advocating for a more democratic approach to decarbonization.

Marcin Wichary takes us on a fascinating journey while exploring the surprising ubiquity of the font “Gorton” in New York City. Despite its quirky and often imperfect designs, this font can be found in both mundane and extraordinary settings, from office signs to the Apollo space...

Sean Williams and Kevin Knodell examine the evolution of drug trafficking across the Pacific, tracing how Latin American cartels have shifted their focus to New Zealand and Australia. They expose the alarming rise of the "Pacific Drug Highway," uncovering a web of criminal networ...

Lisa Schiff, once a prominent art adviser, now faces the possibility of two decades in prison for stealing millions from her clients. This piece not only recounts how this happened, but also how Schiff reflects on her descent.

Despite committing to become a "zero waste" nation, Turkey has become a dumping ground for Europe’s plastic waste, with dire consequences for local farmers and the environment. Alexander Clapp reports on how much of the imported plastic is either burned, dumped illegally, or con...

Names are not just labels; they carry stories, power, and cultural memory. In this excerpt from his book, “Names of New York,” Joshua Jelly-Schapiro invites us to reconsider how the names we encounter daily affect our perceptions and connections to the places we inhabit.

In this exploration of the Murdoch family's internal power struggles, Jonathan Mahler and Jim Rutenberg dive into the events surrounding Rupert Murdoch's attempts to secure his legacy. With over 3,000 pages of court documents available as a source, the authors illustrate a tale o...

Mckay Coppins reports on James Murdoch, presenting a detailed examination of his life and his complex relationship with his father, Rupert Murdoch, and the family's media empire. The intense sibling rivalry between James and Lachlan and Rupert's favoring of Lachlan as his success...

In the 1980s, a significant shift occurred in global food production, allowing the average person to access enough calories for the first time in history. Charles C. Mann explores how innovations from the Green Revolution, particularly advances in fertilization, irrigation, and g...

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian writes about how Jean Ziegler has spent the past 60 years exposing how Switzerland enabled global wrongdoing.