LETTER FROM BALTIMORE
This is My Jail
Where gang members and their female guards set the rules.
by Jeffrey Toobin
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Patriot Games
LETTER FROM SOCHI
Patriot Games
Vladimir Putin lives his Olympic dream.
by David Remnick
Ottomania & Cheap Words
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL
OTTOMANIA
A hit TV show reimagines Turkey’s imperial past.
by Elif Batuman
A REPORTER AT LARGE
CHEAP WORDS
Amazon is good for customers. But is it good for books?
by George Packer
Shopgirls
LETTER FROM RIYADH
Shopgirl
The art of selling lingerie.
by Katherine Zoepf
Anti-semite and Jew
LETTER FROM BUDAPEST
ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW
The double life of a Hungarian politician.
by Anne Applebaum
Private Eyes
LETTER FROM HAVANA
Private Eyes
A crime novelist navigates Cuba’s shifting reality.
by Jon Lee Anderson
Bonus pick:
PROFILES
Two-hit Wonder
Jack Dorsey, of Twitter, is now making big money at Square—and is out to prove that he’s more than a lucky man.
by D.T. Max
The Pharaoh: The man who controls Egyptology.
Letter from Cairo
The Pharaoh
The man who controls Egyptology.
by Ian Parker
Money Talks: The guardian of Obama’s priorities.
Letter From Washington
Money Talks
The guardian of Obama’s priorities.
by Ryan Lizza
The Cobra: Inside a movie-marketing playbook.
Letter from California
The Cobra
Inside a movie-marketing playbook.
by Tad Friend
The Home Team: What the Chinese made of the Olympics.
Letter from Beijing
The Home Team
What the Chinese made of the Olympics.
by Peter Hessler