Mel and Norma Gabler of Longview, Texas, want to tell your children what to learn in school.

Albuquerque has one of the highest rates in the country of fatal shootings by police, and no officer has been indicted.

How Sinclair Broadcast Group bent the rules, bought politicians, and faked the news to become one of the largest independent owners of television stations in America.

The physical rigors of pregnancy tangle with the personal ambitions of a war photojournalist, without limiting her in the least.

Reconstructing the investigation into Rafik Hariri’s assassination, for which five men stand trial in absentia.

A white gangster immerses himself in Asian culture to lead a Chinatown gang. He even learns to pour tea correctly.

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

An innocent man was executed – in 1761. Voltaire got on the case.

The sugar beet harvest in North Dakota draws a modern version of the American hobo.

A portrait of a comedian in the moment just before he becomes huge.

In 1992, a magazine story introduced the world to the photographs of Sally Mann. Here, she responds to the firestorm that article produced.

The author visits City of Refuge in Pahokee, Florida, a community of more than 100 registered sex offenders.

Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.

A support group for trans veterans meets in New Orleans, linked to the only VA that is known to treat them with respect.

The Cleveland police are still adamant that they did nothing wrong in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?

On the death of a high school basketball star in New York City.

A former colleague visits the ‘Fire Fiend’ in prison.

How a family man dentist got involved in an underage prostitution ring.

On fashion, gender, a finding oneself in a pair of drop-crotch pants.

Inside the investigation that broke the biggest case of insider trading in history.

The Beastie Boys on tour in Los Angeles shortly after the release of their debut album, Licensed to Ill.

The search for a missing ultramarathoner in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, and the life that lead him there.

The Onion’s Keith Phipps retraces the route Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda followed in Easy Rider.