The inside story of death and survival as the Carr Fire’s tornado of flames stormed Redding—and changed firefighting in a warming California.

On the art of the takedown.

Heather Morris’s bestselling novels ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and ‘Cilka’s Journey’, and the problem of truth in historical fiction.

On the life and legacy of one of soccer’s legends, who died Wednesday.

The story of the 1977 Revolt at Cincinnati, and the men who changed the course of the NRA forever.

A first-person account of the author’s time spent volunteering with a group of Burmese activists in Thailand, who turn out to be not Korean but in fact Karen, members of Burma’s persecuted ethnic minority. In the course of her time there, they show her videos of their risky forays across the border, and she shows them MySpace.

An appreciation of the hometown team.

On the sins of the lazy translator.

Investigating the burning of ancient books by rebels in Timbuktu.

Retro, apocalypticism, and our “culture of disaster.”

The story of the 1944 German national soccer championship game.

The neurologist explores the mystery of hallucinations.

The story of an intensely creative young artist.

A profile of Alan Adler, the guy behind the Aerobie and the beloved AeroPress.

On recommitting to the Knicks after “a decade of dysfunction and delusion.”

On the rise of witness intimidation in Baltimore.

A profile of the writer.

A profile of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher.

The rise and fall of “America’s most exciting black scholar.”

The impact, both on researchers and patients, of a radical treatment.

Why our entire understanding of copyright is due for an overhaul.

The definitive biographical portrait of a whistleblower.

Inside a school that trains students in an ancient rite: the taking of ayahuasca.

What happened when a plane full of marijuana crashed in Yosemite Park.