Refugees in Greece, Waiting for the Unknown
Max Rothman | The Awl
“Tebri explained how he had managed to cross the Aegean, scamper through forests and over mountains near the Macedonian border, and sneak into Tirana, the Albanian capital. He was sent back to Greece when his friends got into a fight and were caught by police, and he has failed to gain asylum. Eyes sunken from constant anxiety, Tebri spent hours every day wondering how to find somewhere to live. ‘I start to lose my mind,’ he said. ‘If I stay here long time I will be crazy. I will be crazy.’”
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The Panama Papers: Where Are the Americans?
Danny Vinik | Politico
“If the Panama Papers had come out in the early 1980s, the scandal may have implicated far more Americans. Back then, experts say, Panama was a popular spot for parking money offshore for its lax bank secrecy laws and currency controls. But in 1989, under then President George H.W. Bush, the U.S. invaded Panama and deposed the military dictator, Manuel Noriega, and wealthy Americans have largely avoided the country since.”
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The Lone Chef of Palmer Station, Antarctica
Rachel Belle | Lucky Peach
“Hiller is the sole midwinter chef at Palmer Station, the northernmost and least populated U.S. research station in Antarctica. Every meal, snack, and birthday cake gobbled up by the researchers and scientists there is prepped, prepared, and ordered by him. The biggest challenge isn’t cooking and living on an isolated chunk of land in the middle of the Southern Ocean—it’s the fact that Hiller can only put in a single food order at the start of the season. Fresh fruit and vegetables, or ‘freshies,’ are fleeting and eventually fantasized about.”