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Evan Osnos

Evan Osnos is a staff writer at The New Yorker covering politics and foreign affairs. His books include “ The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich .”

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15 picks · 2008–2024

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Joe Biden’s Last Campaign
profiles · March 11, 2024

Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection. Evan Osnos reports.

China’s Age of Malaise
a reporter at large · October 30, 2023

Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world? Evan Osnos reports.

The Haves and the Have-Yachts
a reporter at large · July 25, 2022

Luxury ships attract outrage and political scrutiny, but the ultra-rich are buying them in record numbers, Evan Osnos writes.

Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?
profiles · September 17, 2018

Evan Osnos on the most famous entrepreneur of his generation, who is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.

Trump vs. the “Deep State”
the political scene · May 21, 2018

Evan Osnos on how the Administration’s loyalists are quietly reshaping American governance.

How Trump Could Get Fired
the political scene · May 8, 2017

Evan Osnos on what it would take to cut short Donald Trump’s Presidency.

Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War
annals of diplomacy · March 6, 2017

Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa on what lay behind Russia’s interference in the 2016 Presidential election—and what lies ahead.

Making a Killing
a reporter at large · June 27, 2016

Evan Osnos on the politics and business of the concealed-carry phenomenon, and the success of the gunmaker Smith & Wesson.

The Imam’s Curse
a reporter at large · September 21, 2015

Evan Osnos writes about the Khan family in Florida and Pakistan and how the F.B.I. linked them to terrorism.

Born Red
profiles · April 6, 2015

Evan Osnos on how an unremarkable provincial administrator became China’s most authoritarian leader since Mao.

In the Land of the Possible
profiles · December 22, 2014

Evan Osnos profiles the American Ambassador to the U.N. How has her human-rights interventionism affected Obama’s decisions?

The God of Gamblers
letter from china · April 9, 2012

Why Las Vegas is moving to Macau.

The Han Dynasty
profiles · July 4, 2011

How far can a youth-culture idol tweak China’s establishment?

It’s Not Beautiful
profiles · May 24, 2010

Evan Osnos profiles the Chinese activist and artist whose criticism of the government puts him at constant risk of going to jail.

Crazy English
letter from china · April 28, 2008

The national scramble to learn a new language before the Olympics.

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