Latest from Ryan Biller
The MAGA Battle Over the Epstein Files
The White House is haunted by the scandal-infested legacy of billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Once described by Donald Trump as a man who “never dies,” Epstein’s shadow now looms over the presidency, even from the grave. And it’s thrown the Trump administration into deep disarray.
Superman Was Always a Social Justice Warrior
Superman’s real power has perhaps never been X-ray vision or being faster than a speeding bullet. It may rather have been the character's overall consistent penchant for social justice. Even when it wasn’t — or isn’t — popular.
Syria’s Druze Grapple with Israel and Militancy
After the fall of Assad, Syria’s Druze community is grappling with new anxieties, from Israel’s encroachment to the rise of anti-government militants.
The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord
Mokele-mbembe is the Congo Basin’s bigfoot. Or that’s what it’s become, anyway — a cryptid. The myth was originally a kind of spiritual metaphor, but a confluence of European colonial exploration and early paleontology warped it into what it is today: a living dinosaur, hidden deep in the jungle.
Could Vaccinating Gorillas Be Our Best Shot To Stop a Pandemic?
After a wave of Ebola devastated the Congo Basin’s gorilla population in 2002, one American ecologist embarked on a quest to vaccinate the great apes and, he hoped, stop animal-borne diseases from spreading to humans. Could he convince the vaccine skeptics among his colleagues that it would be worth it?