Does hurting make us human?

Iranian operative Qassem Suleimani has been reshaping the Middle East. Now he’s directing Bashar al-Assad’s war in Syria.

For migrants who speak Mayan languages, a grassroots group of interpreters is often their only hope for receiving asylum.

On the centuries-long search for the perfect hangover remedy.

In an age of historic disparity, Abigail Disney and the Patriotic Millionaires take on income inequality.

After Fukushima, balancing the risk of another disaster against the rising danger of climate change.

“I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?”

How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look.

After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise.

On Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist movement.

The musician visits the Los Angeles of his youth and says goodbye to the past.

A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken.

A dispatch from th Park Slope Food Co-op.

The rise of “natural” wines, and what happens next.

On the author of How the Irish Became White.

A profile of the Poo-Pourri creator.

The case against Boeing.

The many lives of imposter Frédéric Bourdin.

Indigenous people and illegal miners are engaged in a fight that may help decide the future of the planet.

The rise and stunning collapse of a cybersecurity firm.

Until recently, it was possible to believe that there was a middle way, or to be in denial that a decisive moment would come. That’s no longer the case.

The mentalist’s manipulation techniques give people too sophisticated to believe in the paranormal something quasi-scientific to hang on to.

Thomas Joshua Cooper risks his life to document the world’s remotest places.

Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.

Where will predictive text take us?