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“Wishful Thinking: The Aspirations and Failures of the United Nations.” Harper's. May 21 2025.

“True Believers Built Trump’s Social Media Company. They Feel Betrayed.” The Economist. Nov 2 2024.

“Secrets of a Ransomware Negotiator.” The Economist. Jul 24 2024.

“Soup to Nuts: The Long, Strange Decline of Chicken Soup for the Soul.” Business Insider. Mar 31 2024.

“The People Who Ruined the Internet.” The Verge. Nov 1 2023.

“The 20-Year Boondoggle: Why Does the Department of Homeland Security Suck?” The Verge. Nov 16 2022.

“The Feud Between a Weed Influencer and Scientist Over Puking Stoners.” MIT Technology Review. Jul 20 2022.

“The Hustler at the End of the World.” The Verge. Apr 19 2022.

“Legalized Pot Was Supposed to Help Build Black Wealth in Los Angeles. It Failed.” The New Republic. Apr 4 2022.

“Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets.” WIRED. Feb 25 2021.

“A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze.” The New York Times. May 23 2020.

“The Lucrative, Largely Unregulated, and Widely Misunderstood World of Vaping.” California Sunday (cover). Jan 30 2020.

“Drink Up, Stoners.” The Verge. Jul 30 2019.

"The Weird and Wild Crusade for Clean Pot." Rolling Stone. Mar 1 2018.

"The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery." GQ. Aug 23 2017.

"Pam and Tommy: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Sex Tape." Rolling Stone. Dec 22 2014.  

 
 

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