The perilous existence of confidential informants.

The downfall of a Jesuit school prefect.

The internet has made porn ubiquitous. It’s also ruined the industry.

How Yvon Chouinard turned his eco-conscious, anti-corporate ideals into the credo of a successful clothing company.

“Political argument has been having a terrible century. Instead of arguing, everyone from next-door neighbors to members of Congress has got used to doing the I.R.L. equivalent of posting to the comments section: serially fulminating.”

Few Americans are as affected by climate change as Alaska’s Inupiat, or as dependent on the fossil-fuel economy.

How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants.

When improv goes big time.

A profile of the piano prodigy.

Every table at Damon Baehrel’s restaurant is booked until 2025. Or is it?

In the throes of an epidemic, researchers investigate how to inoculate against the disease.

On London’s new squad of “super-recognizers.”

On the couple and their role in the 2016 election.

A pre-Olympics profile of the now-gold medalist.

In Peru, an unsolved killing has brought the Mashco Piro into contact with the outside world.

A profile of Martha Nussbaum, whose ideas illuminate the often ignored elements of human life—aging, inequality, and emotion.

The archive of Mexican architect Luis Barragán has been hidden away for decades. Then an artist decided to make a performance of getting it back.

A profile of comedian Leslie Jones, who made Saturday Night Live after 25 years as a road comic.

A terminally ill journalist deals with a variety of setbacks.

Writing The Art of the Deal made Tony Schwartz rich. He still regrets it.

On Erdogan’s struggle for power.

Twenty-seven-year-old Mike Will Made It and the rise of the super-producer.

A dispatch from the campaign trail and a new understanding of America.

A profile of 36-year-old curator Loïc Gouzer, who has made millions for Christie’s.

A profile of photographer Bill Cunningham.