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Parasocial Studies
I Went Undercover as a Secret OnlyFans Chatter. It Wasn’t Pretty
By Brendan I. Koerner

Sun Stroke
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
By Jeremy Wallace

Snowden of Scammers
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
By Andy Greenberg

All Hat, No Cattle
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
By John Publius

The Red Bull Leaks
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
By Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, and Matt Burgess






Occupied
‘I’m Witnessing a Lot of Emptiness’: How ICE Uprooted Normal Life in Minneapolis
By Lina Misitzis and Katie Thornton

Lucky Scoop
How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession
By Louise Matsakis and Rachel Zheng


Missed Connections
She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back
By Olivia Cheng

Model Citizens
Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
By Yi-Ling Liu



Baby Maker
He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again
By Emily Mullin