The story of Tania Joya, the ex-wife of a jihadist from Texas.

On the true backstory of Meghan Markle, a.k.a. the Duchess of Sussex.

On the work of Vivian Gornick.

Part 1 of “The Mastermind,” a serialized investigation of Paul Le Roux, who went from brilliant programmer to vicious cartel boss to highly protected U.S. government asset.

On a thin sliver of land called Rojava where “rules of the neighboring ISIS caliphate ha[ve] been inverted,” a Kurdish Syrian college trains its future autonomous leaders.

They were pillars of their communities and families, and they are not replaceable. To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry.

A personal history of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the mercenary-wannabes who read and wrote it.

“We can conclude at least two things with certainty about the tenants of One Hyde Park: they are extremely wealthy, and most of them don’t want you to know who they are and how they got their money.”

How a longtime gambling addict and a small band of his cronies manipulated both the game and betting exchanges from a tiny Berlin cafe, going as far as buying ownerships of teams in order to insure their failure.

During his nearly six years in the Air Force, Airman First Class Brandon Bryant flew hundreds of missions and logged almost 6,000 hours of flight time. He killed or helped kill 1,626 people. And he never left Nevada.

A visit to the French hideaway of Ira Einhorn, co-founder of Earth Day, who had avoided arrest on murder charges for nearly 20 years.

From our guide to fugitives for Slate.

“We must be grateful for the smallest of blessings. Last week I saw and heard some things that provided a measure of hope and nuance in these grim and hysterical times.”

The author on why he belives in God (“It makes things better”), the perils of writing high (“Annie Wilkes is cocaine, she was my number-one fan”) and what he thinks of other writers (“Hemingway sucks, basically”).

The disturbing double life of a popular English teacher.

An investigation into “Little Albert,” the famous test subject.

The story of Edward Deeds, a state mental hospital patient and artistic genius.

A reassessment of the calm, cool JFK.

Migrant workers in California and the consequences of a deliberate low-wage economy.

The story of twin boys who became brother and sister.

An oral history of the Pacers/Pistons melee in 2004.

On the set of Aaron Sorkin’s new HBO show The Newsroom.

The cold, forgotten realities of “conventional warfare.”

The mysterious life of the serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman.

On the evolution of the Whitney Museum.

The rise and fall of Suck.com, the web’s first daily-updated site.