A young girl is reported missing. The detective assigned to her case quickly discovers she’s been gone for years. The story of his search for justice.

A reporter heads to Istanbul, where Iverson is playing minor league hoops in a 3,200-seat arena and hanging out at T.G.I. Friday’s.

In an upscale Denver condo, twice-a-month they convened from Thursday to Sunday with 95 percent-pure Shabu.

The detective work that led to the recovery of a trove of stolen Nazi art.

Overcrowding in prisons leads to doubling up inmates in solitary confinement, regardless of their homicidal intentions or mental health.

There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. It’s racist.

More and more Americans are trying to survive on less than $2 a day.

How a 27-year-old went from PR underling to gatekeeper.

“Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy.”

Making bio-diesel is hard. Getting paid $100 million to not make it is surprisingly easy.

Centuries later, the Flemish master’s works are still open to interpretation.

Inside the chaotic race to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop.

A reporter learns to slice lox—and digs into a Los Angeles landmark’s millions in debt.

Tracing the path of one of the world’s most in-demand minerals from deadly mines in Congo to your phone.

How modern slot machines develop a nearly unbreakable hold on the brain, leading around one in five pathological gamblers to attempt suicide.

An investigation into 62 incidents caught on video shows how cops are incentivized to lie — and why they get away with it.

A tour of a nonprofit that collects, warehouses, and donates perfectly good stuff hospitals throw away, from anesthesia machines to unopened surgical tools.

“The true impact of activism may not be felt for a generation. That alone is reason to fight.”

Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.

The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.

A profile of philosopher Timothy Morton, who wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs.

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.

Taking a stand for public land turns out to be very good for sales.

Inside the campaign to canonize the fire department chaplain who died on September 11.

Charles D. King tries to change the entertainment landscape.