The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.

How your family tree could catch a killer.

There’s no way to confirm that a crop was grown organically. Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune.

Learning to love music—and to hate it, too.

At fourteen, Ron Bishop helped convict three innocent boys of murder. They’ve all lived with the consequences.

In just a few years, a Michigan woman took in millions of dollars, faking adoptions and ruining families’ lives along the way.

The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?

The constant discomfort of a genital injury creates a covenant of pain. It is impossible to think about anything else.

Stranded in Yemen’s war zone, a decaying supertanker has more than a million barrels of oil aboard. If—or when—it explodes or sinks, thousands may die.

German painting’s arch-traditionalist has a brush with controversy.

“Befriending a rock star isn’t necessarily as cool as you’d think—particularly when tragedy happens.”

The singer-songwriter tries to hold down an uncertain moment.

In the bloody civil war, Khaled al-Halabi switched sides. But what country does he really serve?

The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who assume that genes are irrelevant, on her right those who insist that they’re everything.

In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them.

They thought that they’d found the perfect New York apartment. They weren’t alone.

How the writer Jesse Armstrong keeps the billionaire Roy family trapped in its gilded cage.

A journey of recovery through electroconvulsive therapy.

Drought is shrinking one of the country’s largest reservoirs, revealing a hidden Eden.

How a landscape architect is enlisting nature to defend our coastal cities against climate change—and doing it on the cheap.

For years, Hou was the only woman who stood a chance against the very best. But she had her own ambitions.

America’s most fearless satirist has seen his wildest fictions become reality.

Wih Alexey Navalny in prison, one of his closest aides is carrying on the lonely work of the opposition.

Although many Americans see the former police officer’s conviction as just closure, many in Minneapolis view it as the beginning of a larger battle.

On the retirement of Ted Williams.