Mary Kuanen escaped the violence of Sudan only to live through her husband’s murder in suburban Denver. This is her life today.

Robert Marbut is in the business of helping cities criminalize homelessness.

How Cantor Fitzgerald is bringing the principles of day trading to sports betting in Vegas.

How the magazine industry’s identity crisis is playing out on its front page.

After a racial hazing incident, the first black head of South Africa’s University of Free State confronts the myths of the reconciliation era.

On the fall of Ross William Ulbricht, the alleged creator of The Silk Road, a hidden black market website where users could buy and sell drugs, guns and, according to the FBI, the services of a hit man.

The story of the meeting that led to the creation of ISIS, as explained by someone still on the inside.

A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.

How the government cleared the streets in advance of the 1988 Olympics.

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

On the cusp of delivery, a mother-to-be recounts the anxiety-laden path to parenthood.

Glory isn’t part of the deal when you go to work for the federal government.

Searching for the mysterious tree kangaroo in one of the most remote places on Earth.

The next generation of America’s most controversial (and likely most despised) church.

The author of True Grit on growing up in Arkansas during World War II.

On the anger that led to the Watts Riots of 1965, the mistakes made during those six days in August, and how little changed afterward.

A profile of the “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” director.

Marketing research,the pre-Facebook history of ‘likeability,’ and why there will never be a ‘dislike’ button.

Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.

A profile of the Aurora shooter.

Shulamith Firestone, one of the first radical feminists, helped to create a new society. But she couldn’t live in it.

The quiet life of Brigette Höss, 80, whose father ran Auschwitz.

The case of a teenager who didn’t kill his classmates—but talked about it.

Steven Donziger, an American lawyer, headed up a successful lawsuit against Chevron on behalf of Ecuadorans. Then the legal tables turned on him.