The stock market just plunged, thanks to a wave of new tariffs. Your boss just called into Zoom from a mansion-sized cabin upstate. Inequality is reaching heights previously unseen in times of peace.

The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil. The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil. Credit...Jiayi Li Supported by By Emma Goldberg On Instagram ...

Two decades ago, the lush, less-inhabited half of twin-island nation São Tomé and Príncipe faced high unemployment and an uncertain future. The country, set off the coast of Gabon, is nicknamed the ...