How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers
by Rachel Monroe
Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying.
How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers
by Rachel Monroe
Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying.
Are U.S. Officials Under Silent Attack?
by Adam Entous
The Havana Syndrome first affected spies and diplomats in Cuba. Now it has spread to the White House.
The Collapse of Puerto Rico’s Iconic Telescope
by Daniel Alarcón
The uncertain future of the Arecibo Observatory, and the end of an era in space science.
How to Spot a Military Impostor
by Rachel Monroe
The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame.
The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning
by Alec MacGillis
The desire to protect children may put their long-term well-being at stake.
Annals of Medicine
How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor
An infectious-disease expert’s long crusade against some of humanity’s most virulent threats.
by Michael Specter
Annals of Education
Prep for Prep and the Fault Lines in New York’s Schools
Do programs that help low-income students of color get into selective private schools obscure the system’s deeper inequalities?
by Vinson Cunningham
Annals of Justice
Prepping for Parole
A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken.
by Jennifer Gonnerman
Annals of Gastronomy
Can Babies Learn to Love Vegetables?
No diet has been more obsessively studied, more fiercely controlled, or more anxiously stage-managed than baby food. Yet we still get it wrong.
by Burkhard Bilger
Annals of Media
The Growth of Sinclair’s Conservative Media Empire
The company has achieved formidable reach by focussing on small markets where its TV stations can have a big influence.
by Sheelah Kolhatkar