How the U.S. Is Making the War in Yemen Worse
Why are we still involved?
Katja Blichfeld Gets What She Wants
A profile of the High Maintenance co-creator.
A Woman's Choice: Sexual Favors or Lose Her Home
On sexual harassment in public housing, which can leave poor women homeless and without recourse.
No Twang of Conscience Whatever
On Edgar Ray Killen.
Lessons from the Election of 1968
Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?
The Encyclopedia of the Missing
She keeps watch over one of the largest databases of missing persons in the country. For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.
“I Thought We Were Going to Die.”
The story of a Puerto Rican family trying to get settled in Chicago after Hurricane Maria.
I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali's Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter
A baker follows a recipe.
Losing Conner’s Mind
First came seizures. Then he began forgetting words. By age four he could barely walk. The story of the race to save a child from a genetic death sentence.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Feeling You Want"
A child's obsession with slime; a fractured family.
Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now
“Was she supposed to play by the rules and let her talent rot inside her extraordinary body? She’s saying that for girls like her, playing nice and fair would have gotten her nowhere. If it had worked out, we would say she was the manifestation of the American dream. Now instead we just say she’s very American.”
I Started the Media Men List
“Watching the cells populate, it rapidly became clear that many of us had weathered more than we had been willing to admit to one another.”
In Conversation: Terry Gross
“I always walk away from an interview — no matter how well it went — knowing that there’s so much that I don’t know about that person.”
Azmat Khan is an investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine.
"For me, what matters most is systematic investigation, and I think that’s different than an investigative story that might explore one case. It’s about stepping back and understanding the big picture and getting to the heart of something. It doesn’t have to be a number’s game, but being able to say: Look, I looked at a wide enough sample of whatever this issue is, and here is what this tells us. That is what I crave and love the most."
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Living with Slenderman
What happened after two Wisconsin girls made headlines for attempting to kill their friend in the internet character’s name.
The Mystery of the Exiled Billionaire Whistleblower
From a penthouse on Central Park, Guo Wengui has exposed a phenomenal web of corruption in China’s ruling elite — if, that is, he’s telling the truth.
Letter to My Younger Self
“You got the DNA of a motherfucking go-getter.”
How Reversing Felony Disenfranchisement Is Transforming Virginia
Examining the state’s campaign to grant clemency and restore civil rights.
The Widow, the Bank, and the $8 Billion Verdict
A widow and her stepchildren battle Chase and each other.
The Secret to Understanding Kamala Harris
And why it’s making her a flash point in the Democratic Party.
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return?
The Rockefellers vs. the Company That Made Them Rockefellers
The family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder
An encyclopedic evisceration of the NFL owner and former Six Flags chairman.
Child Bride
The writer’s mother had always said that she had married at 12. Was she lying?
My Misspent Youth
Life and debt as a young writer in New York.
