Longform

The education of Flynn McGarry.

A conversation with the greatest designer of a generation.

How the administration’s loyalists are quietly reshaping American governance, one civil servant at a time.

Having fallen on hard times, a former football star and the pride of his small town decides to rob the local bank. His weapons of choice: Craigslist, bear mace, and an inner tube.

The story of an 80-year-old hoax.

The creator of Wonder Woman makes the case for superheroes.

A profile of New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer.

Can we treat psychosis by listening to the voices in our heads?

The battle for the old man with “snots running down his nose / Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.”

The rise of an amazing optical corporation and the future of our eyes.

Studios want to hire kids with genuine depth, but the system in place to protect child actors isn’t equipped if their lives go perilously downhill.

A Las Vegas hustler hits his lowest point.

The NFL is doing everything it can to avoid paying former players who have dementia.

On the cusp of delivery, a mother-to-be recounts the anxiety-laden path to parenthood.

In the midst of a national crisis, mothers addicted to drugs struggle to get off them — for their babies’ sake, and their own.

On the work of Rachel Cusk.

Can Mark Gonzalez change the system?

Who is this person?

A former US Army officer is now a general for a country accused of war crimes.

A deep dive into what ails the media company.

Eric Schneiderman faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.

What Kanye West really wants.

Kids have taken a technology that was supposed to help grownups stop smoking and invented a new kind of bad habit, molded in their own image.