Longform

The architecture of the modern web poses grave threats to humanity.

How John, a father of 14, lost Christmas.

The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.

A hallucinatory, grotesque family Christmas.

A nephew investigates his uncle’s suicide

A U.S.-backed militia that kills children may be America’s exit strategy from its longest war.

When it comes to data from India’s 500 million daily internet users, everything is for sale.

Each time the work of the British-Mexican artist and writer is reborn, it seems more prescient.

They were pillars of their communities and families, and they are not replaceable. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry.

The post–civil war boom in shark fishing that saved Congolese fishermen and their families is now drying up.

One year after a 14-year-old basketball player was killed by a stray bullet on a playground court in Queens, his friends and family still don’t have answers—only enduring anguish and a familiar feeling of grief.

The circus is gone. The presidency is ending. The mystery endures.

A white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line.

While Covid-19 deaths in the United States skyrocket, Germans have managed to largely contain the damage. What do we need to learn?

Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there.

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

Many of the 230,000 women and girls in U.S. jails and prisons were abuse survivors before they entered the system. And at least 30 percent of those serving time on murder or manslaughter charges were protecting themselves or a loved one from physical or sexual violence.

Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations as it transforms global agriculture and remakes the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.

A troubled man's complex acts of mercy,

How toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on planes.

A husband’s stroke, the Australian bushfires, and a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a certain national ideal—only to find their country in an identity crisis. What will the third century of the faith look like?

For years, JaMarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way. He needed dialysis to stay alive. He couldn’t miss a session, not even during a pandemic.