Where Is Barack Obama?
A piece examining the post-presidency of Barack Obama and his engagement with his successor’s administration.
Attack, Attack, Attack
After a period out in the cold, President Trump’s controversial adviser Steve Bannon is apparently back in the inner circle. The piece contains illuminating details, including the assertion that Bannon owns a portrait representing his own face on Napoleon’s body – a gift from Nigel Farage.
The Uninhabitable Earth
Published this month, The Uninhabitable Earth is apparently the most read article in New York Magazine’s history. The piece proposes that the impact of climate change will be felt far sooner and far more severely that people realise. The piece is of interest in its own right, but has also provoked a strong response in the scientific community, including many climate change scientists who believe it overstates the case in an unhelpful manner.
The Internet Apologizes
A conversation with 13 “architects” of the internet as it is today, with employment histories at Google, Facebook, Uber and other tech leviathans. The piece explores, in 15 steps, how apparently idealistic intentions resulted in today’s messy state of affairs.
Inside Hillary Clinton’s Surreal Post-Election Life
A profile resulting from the first major interview with Hillary Clinton since her election defeat in November.
To Catch a Predator
A look at the work of the NYPD’s Special Victims Division and their attempts to bring offenders to justice, as seen through the prism of the Harvey Weinstein case.
Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President
A mind-boggling excerpt from the book that everyone is talking about – Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff.
President In-Law
A profile of Jared Kushner, a man who apparently until recently espoused “inoffensively Bloombergian political values”, now Senior Adviser to his father-in-law, President-Elect Trump.