Is the genetically engineered chestnut tree an act of ecological restoration or a threat to wild forests?

A Texas con artist made millions promising prisoners’ families the thing they wanted most: to bring their children home.

Power worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. If the Japanese have conquered south Asia, then they will keep south Asia for ever, if the Germans have captured Tobruk, they will infallibly capture Cairo; if the Russians are in Berlin, it will not be long before they are in London: and so on. This habit of mind leads also to the belief that things will happen more quickly, completely, and catastrophically than they ever do in practice. The rise and fall of empires, the disappearance of cultures and religions, are expected to happen with earthquake suddenness, and processes which have barely started are talked about as though they were already at an end.

They’re supposed to safeguard pretrial detainees. But America’s oldest law enforcement agency is suffering from a massive dereliction of duty.

When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.

Can a December marathon in Northern Maine, organized by an eccentric long-distance runner, make a difference to a former mill town?

Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

The musician visits the Los Angeles of his youth and says goodbye to the past.

An investigation into how police departments can fail to solve rape cases but still get credit.

Dr. Fredric Brandt redefined cosmetic dermatology forever by bringing a smooth, plump, and ageless face to the masses.

On the owner’s 20-year evolution from disruptive force to formidable constant.

The government required him to see a therapist. He thought his words would be confidential. Now, the traumatized migrant may be deported.

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her.

The reckonings of one of the South’s white suburban women, whose loyalty is key to whether Trump is reelected.

When Jake Millison went missing, his family said he’d skipped town. But his friends refused to let him simply disappear.

She tore up a picture of the pope. Then her life came apart. These days, she just wants to make music.

How the government enabled the one percent to capitalize on the housing crisis.

Makeda Davis emerged from more than seven years in prison to a life that is complicated, unfamiliar, and, sometimes, soul crushing.

On the divisive narrative of “outside agitators” and how labor history can help guide the protest movement.

One man’s choice to stand alone. The story of race, politics, and power in baseball.

A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.

A profile of the author, who “looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too.”

In 2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing, a sport they were told was archaic and inhumane. What if they were wrong?

Christina Kim risked everything to escape North Korea’s entrenched gender violence. She almost didn’t make it.

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.