How sectarian violence has made life in northern Nigeria “incomprehensibly frightful.”

A former employee’s horror stories.

Inside an international Mormon ticket reselling ring.

Three years after her gold-medal performance – and amidst rumors of a fall from grace – the author travels to Transylvania to track down gymnast Nadia Comaneci. He also enjoys several drinks with her coach, Bela Karolyi.

Part of our Olympics primer, on the Longform blog.

A captured bank robber makes a remarkable claim.

Pro boxing, famous for larger-than-life characters, now has one invented or the Instagram age.

On the lonely life of a for-profit pageant queen.

On CEO Reed Hastings and the future of Netflix.

The misidentification of a Boston Marathon bomber and the future of breaking news.

A trip to Nashville to sample the city’s signature dish and try to understand why we love food that hurts.

An analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes the case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.

An interview with the actor.

On the anti-communist genocide known by the Indonesian Army as Operation Annihilation.

On a cruise with Syvlia Browne, the controversial psychic famous for telling distraught parents where their missing children are.

The human lives lost in exchange for cheaper goods.

Mexicans on social media have their own hashtag for images of naked – and plainly impoverished – women.

Twenty five years after a shooting left him “100% disabled,” a Baltimore police officer continues to fight for his life.

A profile of the diva who is proving that drag is entertainment for everyone.

Governor? Senator? Veep? President?!

Pictet, a 215-year-old firm rooted firmly in the past, finds tension adapting to the modern world.

An inside look at the Democratic infighting and Republican gameplan (“Obama, Obama, Obama”) that led to the midterm landslide.

As landlords and tenants go broke across the U.S., the next crisis point of the pandemic approaches.