Stories
Dive into inspiring and insightful stories from the world of finance and cryptocurrency. Discover personal journeys, success tales, lessons learned, and unique experiences shared by investors, entrepreneurs, and industry experts. These stories offer motivation and real-world perspectives to help you navigate your own financial path.
New Takes on the classics. Throughout our centennial year, we’re revisiting notable works from the archive. Sign up to receive them directly in your inbox. The first piece I ever read in The New Yorker was by Rogers E. M. Whitaker, under the rubric “Football,” in the November 22, 1941, issue. I was ten years…
On Tuesday, June 17th, Nancy Urizar was at her job working in the fund-raising department of a Jesuit boys’ high school in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts when her phone rang. “It was just a normal day for me,” she said. “It was twelve, and I had just come back from lunch.” On the…
This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Your story “Happy Days” revolves around an unorthodox staging of Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days,” by an Off Off Broadway theatre company, in the East…
By Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent Qatar’s human rights record is under scrutiny as the World Cup takes place in Doha. A lot has been written about the treatment of migrant workers who built the stadiums and hotels, but much less about the foreign maids who work for Qatar’s ruling classes. On paper their…
By Rafael Barifouse and Oana Marocico BBC World Service Digital travel scams are a growing “systemic and global” problem, according to the World Tourism Organization, a branch of the UN. Dozens of Brazilian women have been finding this out the hard way, after paying for luxury holidays from a man whose Instagram account sparkles with…
By Sarah McDermott and Jess Davies BBC News Imagine if your face had been digitally edited into a porn video without your consent and then shared on the internet. One woman reveals the horror of it happening to her. Scrolling through her Twitter feed one evening, Kate Isaacs stumbled across a disturbing video among her…
President Donald Trump addressed the nation after the United States struck three nuclear sites in Iran on Saturday.
He said Friday it would give time for Iranians to “come to their senses.”
President Donald Trump said the U.S. attacked three sites in Iran related to the country’s nuclear program.
