How a high-powered lawyer and a rough-edged private detective ended up at the center of the biggest, dirtiest scandal in Hollywood history.

The life and death of Marla Ruzicka, a 28-year-old aid worker in Baghdad.

Ethnicity and primary education in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Part of Guernica’s ‘Writer’s Bloc’ series.

On a young Arnold Schwarzenegger and the body-building culture of Venice Beach in the 1970s.

A profile of the Mexican newsweekly, a “lone voice” in reporting on the narcos.

How a group of men with nicknames like “Emperor” and “Spear Carrier” tipped the balance in South Sudan’s fight for independence.

The rise and fall of Bernard von NotHaus, the creator of the most successful (and some say illegal) alternative currency in the U.S.

The inside story of how an ABC nature shoot in Africa end up producing  a snuff film.

Hipsters vs. Hasids in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A skirmish over a bike lane becomes a battle for a neighborhood.

David Petraeus, father of the surge and the uncontested “most competitive” man in the military.

Both the Chinese government and private matchmakers are laboring to unite people who lost spouses and children in the earthquake.

In the wake of 9/11, terrorist networks moved their recruitment and training efforts online, giving birth to Jihad-geeks like Irhabi_007.

In post-Shock and Awe Baghdad, the relationship between a war reporter and his Iraqi guide falls apart.

An interview with cinematographer Harris Savides on the enduring appeal of the visual style of films shot in the 1970s.

The bloody, often surreal, fight for Kosovo’s independence was led by a man moonlighting as a roofer in Switzerland.

When Bob Dylan met Allen Ginsberg; a chapter from Sean Wilentz’s forthcoming Bob Dylan in America.

How misdirected incentives in the bewildering medical supply industry keep innovative, life-saving equipment from reaching hospitals.

The comeback of Marty Reisman, the most flamboyant figure in the history of table tennis, and the self-proclaimed greatest hardbat player ever.

What happened next for Harry Whittington, the guy Cheney shot in the face? Not an apology.

Tony Kushner and the burdens of being one of the last public intellectuals in American theater.

An 18-month investigation proves reveals how easy it is to get away with murder in Baltimore.

You watch your best friend jump off a bridge trying to end his life. What do you do? Vino Richemond jumped in after him.

Published on the eve of Iran’s 2009 presidential election and subsequent protests, a look at the booze-fueled, hijab-less underground party scene in the capital.

In 1975, Jackie O., widow to a president and tycoon, decided to become a literary editor.