Politics

A profile of the prime minister.

Covering an election in Peru’s largest prison.

On the skyrocketing number of Americans on disability—14 million at last count, with payouts topping those for food stamps and welfare combined—and what it means for the U.S. economy.

Tracking down a Congolese war criminal.

Conspiracy theories, utopian fantasies, and cult involvement surrounding the international standard of musical tuning.

The bureaucratic hell of enforcing legislation in Washington.

It’s tempting to think Marco McMillian was killed because of his race, his sexuality, or because he was running for mayor. The truth is more elusive.

Money, money, money.

A profile of a 51-year-old preparing himself for the inevitable.

“Modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.”

A profile of Hugo Chávez.

A profile of former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who is running for office four years after his affair with an Argentine journalist became national news.