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How Much Political Power Did SBF's Millions Buy?

Molding crypto regulation, one donation at a time.

Is Effective Altruism Now Defective?

Commiserating with the do-gooders SBF made look bad.

Was Caroline Ellison a Main Character or the Fall Girl?

How the 28-year-old CEO LARP-ed her way into the collapse of FTX.

Wait, Weren't His Parents Law Professors?

The Stanford genius bubble that birthed SBF.

What Kind of Mess Did SBF Leave Behind in the Bahamas?

On the ground in Nassau, where FTX's riches are up for grabs.

How Did SBF Convince West Africans Crypto Was Their Future?

At least Madoff's clients were rich.

Where Have the FTX Depositors Gone to Panic?

The losers—and scammers— are flooding Telegram.

What H-A-P-P-E-N-E-D?

How Sam Bankman-Fried’s humanity-saving, crypto-normalizing, good-guy shtick went up in smoke—along with billions of investors’ money.

Another Week in Paradise

The White Lotus returns.

Seed Money

How One Billionaire WITH A Savior Complex And a Voracious Sexual Appetite Got Conned By His Best Friend, Who Saw Him As The Perfect Mark.

Nikyatu Jusu's Fables

The director of Nanny, this year's most acclaimed film at Sundance, blends West African folklore and horror.

From Furniture Factory to Artist's Studio in the Bronx

Móyòsórè "Moyo" Martins loves to paint at midnight.

How to Live In a Catastrophe

In search of a way to think clearly about the planetary crisis.

Atlanta Played By Its Own Rules

Stephen Glover on testing the boundaries of television as his (and his brother’s) show signs off.

Imagine This

What happens when kids unleash the full power of their imaginations on a massive pile of Lego® bricks

Mathias Döpfner – Achtung, Baby

Axel Springer's Mathias Döpfner wants to be an old-school press baron for the digital age, part Murdoch but also part Musk. And still very German.

The Curse of Kentwood

One year ago, Britney Spears was freed from a notorious conservatorship. What possessed her father to seize near-total control of her life?

The Velveteen Rabbit Was Always More Than a Children's Book

Written for a daughter who was growing up too fast, Margery Williams Bianco's hundred-year-old story is a memorial to what we all lose in exchange for adulthood.

The Real Estate: Kim Velsey

The Dinosaurs of Park Avenue Apartments in grand uptown co-ops are sitting on the market for years. Why?

Sandeep Salter

At the shop with the nightgown doyenne of Brooklyn Heights.

The Group Portrait: Fighting Fires and Men

The FDNY's first woman commissioner puts its gender gap in relief.

The System: Zak Cheney-Rice

The Rebirth of Kanye West Meet the new face of Black conservatism.

Saturday Night at Slutty Vegan

Brooklyn's best party is a line for veggie burgers.

What Keeps Her Up at Night

Taylor Swift after dark.

If You Build It...

A play about Robert Moses? Only in New York-and London.

The Future of Black Politics is at Stake in Georgia

The legacy of the civil-rights movement may hinge on Raphael Warnock’s reelection campaign.

Plywood Gourmet

The Pandemic Gave 12,000 Restaurants a Once-In-a-Lifetime Chance to Crab Land. They're Not About to Give It Back.

Suddenly Sorta Spielberg

Gabriel LaBelle beat out 2,000 actors toplay a version of the famed director as a teen by embracing the meta-ness.

You Can Sit on (Some) of the Art at the Horts' House

Everything is always changing in Michael and Susan Hort’s live-in museum in Tribeca.

What Was Brangelina?

The couple were always known for their image-making savvy. Now, as their divorce reenters the press cycle, we're reminded of who's better at it.