The revival of a landmark 1921 musical opens a door on the deep and twisted roots of black performance in America.

How three friends and a team of frat brothers made a fortune smuggling people along the most heavily patrolled stretch of highway in Texas.

Reince Priebus was about to go down as the most successful GOP chairman in party history. Then Trump happened.

“Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy.”

In Peru, an unsolved killing has brought the Mashco Piro into contact with the outside world.

A reporter learns to slice lox—and digs into a Los Angeles landmark’s millions in debt.

For three days, thousands of uninsured Americans converge on the Wise County Fairgrounds for the largest pop-up clinic in the country.

How modern slot machines develop a nearly unbreakable hold on the brain, leading around one in five pathological gamblers to attempt suicide.

On a mysterious migrant in a San Diego hospital bed, and the thousands of families who hope that he’s theirs.

When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska, veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call.

The story of Martin McNally, who hijacked a plane in 1972. Among other crimes.

Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.

“In my view, Trump wouldn’t be president if not for Bob.”

He has been in the NBA for 50 years. He’s won nine championships. And he can’t walk away.

The activist who turned off the Keystone pipeline last fall is facing years in prison - and not backing down.

The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.

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

The NBA’s greatest draft bust, Darko Milicic is now an enthusiastic farmer of cherries in his native Serbia.

A year in the life of Gwen Woods, after her son was killed by police.

A teenager in a dreary suburb of Paris live-streams her own suicide—and acquires a morbid kind of digital celebrity.

How a teenage gamer in the hottest new esport, Overwatch, became a reluctant icon for South Korea’s feminist movement.

How Shane Battier could score zero points in an NBA game and still be the most important player on the floor.

The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.

How the GOP took control of state politics in Alabama, leaving black lawmakers—and their constituents—powerless.