When a writer’s husband became violent, her career threatened to vanish along with her safety.

A Washington family’s nightmare year.

The excerpts from a diary of an anonymous Russian special-forces officer who served twenty tours of duty in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War (1999-2009).

“And finally, to girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you.”

How a tattooed video store clerk with a history of drinking and drug use ended up at an Islamic self-help class leading to the birth of ISIS.

An interview with a Mexican-born American attorney who defended and eventually smuggled for the cartels in the ’90s.

Confessions of a white-collar dope fiend.

On working in a war zone to pay the bills.

Inside the lives of Sri Lanka’s Tamils as they emerge from a multi-decade war that defined and nearly destroyed them.