I'm a journalist in New York and the author of No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate The World. Below are some recent bangers.
Representing The Merchant Of Death • NY Magazine
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Man Known as ‘Putin’s Chef,’ Explained • Eater
Can Arabic-Language Pop Conquer America? Inshallah • The Los Angeles Times
Newcastle United, Meet Saudi Arabia • The Ringer
“Don’t Tell Me Something I Can’t Ethically Deal With. That’d Be Killing The Golden Goose.” • The Washington Post
Camp Cope Is OK With Getting Big • The New York Times
How Conspiracy Theories Took Over the Rap Internet • Rolling Stone
The Case Against Spotify • Defector
Can Merav Michaeli Save the Israeli Left From Extinction? • Slate
The PPE Profiteers Flourishing On WhatsApp • Defector
Inside Israel’s Secretive Cybersurveillance Industry • Rest of World
How Marcus Rashford Fought Government Austerity • The Washington Post
In New Zealand, Live Music Returns • The Washington Post
When Extremist Ultras Aligned With Israel’s Right-Wing, Mayhem Followed • The Washington Post
The Premier League Still Has A Racism Problem • The Washington Post
Living Through a Pandemic on an All-McNugget Diet • Grub Street
The Rise Of The Protest-Aggregators • Columbia Journalism Review
Meet The London Producers Who Birthed A Brooklyn Scene • The Guardian
What It's Like To Have A Parent Incarcerated During The Pandemic • The Appeal
The Glorious, Goofy, Mid-Pandemic Return of Darts • The Washington Post
How Sports Gamblers Are Surviving Under Coronavirus • Insider
Carol Rosenberg On The Long Arc Of Guantanamo Bay • Columbia Journalism Review
Remembering the Things That Remain • Longreads
Handsprings In Kosovo • Victory Journal
Foals Are Writing The Soundtrack To An Apocalypse • The New York Times
The World’s Most Dangerous Census • The Nation
The Meaning Of Tracksuits • The New Yorker
Queen Of Darts • Victory Journal
Irish Band Channels The Spirit Of Punk, And James Joyce • The New York Times
Slowthai, King Of England • Vulture
My Grandma, Rasputin • The New York Times
Inside The Slovak Rap Label That Gave 6ix9ine His Career • Vulture
Israel's Insider Radical • Jacobin Magazine
The Manipulation Of The Druze • Jewish Currents
How To Manipulate Your Way Into Power • VICE Magazine
The Strange World Of Synchedelia • RBMA Daily
97 Minutes With Shaun King • New York Magazine
Tyshawn Jones on Skating, Supreme, And His New Restaurant • Grub Street
How Israel Invented The Drone Strike • The Intercept
What If the Guy With The Red Pencil Is Nuts? • The New York Times
Is The Age-Old Quest For A Baldness Cure Reaching Its End? • The New Yorker
If You Don't Like Paul Pogba's Hair, You Don't Have To Look At It • B/R Mag
My Dinner With Drake • Pitchfork
Letter of Recommendation: Drew Barrymore’s ‘Little Girl Lost’ • The New York Times Magazine
When Critics Could Kill • Slate
The Juul Is Too Cool • The New York Times
What Happens When Athletes Do The Sportswriting? • The New York Times Magazine
Guantánamo, Forever • The Marshall Project
The Creation Of Birthright Africa • The New Yorker
A Brooklyn Family’s Journey Finally Reaches the N.B.A. • The New York Times
Enes Kanter’s Mad Dash To The New York Knicks • The New Yorker