What should be done with the bodies of ISIS fighters? While investigating in Mosul, the author uncovers a terrible crime.

Bobby Fischer unravels before the 1972 World Chess Championships, a.k.a. the “Match of the Century.”

How a meteorite hunter’s obsession took him from the mountains of Colorado, to the Bundy Ranch, and eventually landed him in jail.

“The academy’s prestige has been shattered, probably forever,” by allegations of sexual harassment and corruption.

The world’s fastest growing economy isn’t China; it’s the “unheralded alternative economic universe of System D” aka the $10 trillion global black market.

The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star.

The untold story of Alek Minassian, a year after the deadliest mass murder in Toronto history

Eira Thomas’s company has used radical new methods to find some of the biggest uncut gems in history.

Diné activist Nicole Horseherder’s long quest for equity from the rise and fall of the coal economy.

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

The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water, and people.

The catfishing of Chris Andersen.

The construction of a modern American myth.

The angry last days of Ty Cobb.

A short history of leisure.

The changing face of Appalachia.

The many lives of imposter Frédéric Bourdin.

Contemplating Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia church, as the controversial finishing work is completed.

On the Calorie Restriction movement, the scientifically-supported belief that the key to a very long life is to eat as little as possible.

Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans.

The behind-the-scenes story of how NFL prospect Michael Sam came out.

A profile of Theo Epstein, the architect behind the Chicago Cubs.