This week: Bloomberg reveals how Mojtaba Khamenei built a £100 million property empire while Iran buckles under sanctions. Plus: tech's pivot to defense, a documentary about press freedom, and more.
This week: America's gambling epidemic in Harper's, Jon Lee Anderson on Venezuela's uncertain future, the AI web eating itself, plus Dwayne Johnson's Oscar-nominated transformation, Mel Brooks at 99, and three podcasts you need to hear.
This week: Sam Knight's brilliant New Yorker deep dive on WhatsApp's global takeover, a philosophical takedown of AI consciousness hype, plus A24's raw motherhood fever dream, Victorian bare-knuckle boxing, and three must-watch documentaries.
This week's picks share a common thread: people pursuing truth in systems designed to obscure it. From veterans fighting for healthcare to drug kingpins in Dubai, from AI chatbots replacing doctors to comedy legends navigating show business.
