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

An Afghanistan love story.

One of the world’s most hazardous jobs is known for its intense pressure.

Rojava becomes the Spanish Civil War of modern times for a ragtag group of leftists revolutionaries.

Police on Long Island wrote off missing immigrant teens as runaways. One mother knew better—and searched MS-13’s killing fields for answers.

A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation.

Priests are fielding more requests than ever for help with demonic possession, and a centuries-old practice is finding new footing in the modern world.

What happens when people who have trouble fitting into a traditional workplace get one designed just for them?

A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.

For nearly a century, an oak in a German forest has helped lonely people find love—including the mailman who delivers its letters.

For years, Mormon Mommy blogger Natalie Lovin curated a picture-perfect life. Then she left the church—and her husband.

How the #MeToo movement paved the way for a new era of food writing.

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kong’s battle for democracy.

An obituary for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Right-wing militias brace for civil conflict.

Many people dream of building their own home in the country, but one family finds more of a struggle than they bargained for.

Searching for Dave Chappelle ten years after he left his show.

The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells.

Calvin Stanley is a fourth-grader at Cross Country Elementary School. He rides a bike, watches TV, plays video games and does just about everything other 10-year-old boys do. Except see.

“For him, I was a blot on a spectacular ascent. For me, it was the opposite.”

Life as Steve Jobs's daughter when he denied being your dad.

The Bashar al-Assad regime’s indiscriminate air strikes have terrorized civilians for years. Now a small band of activist-entrepreneurs is building a sensor network that listens for warplanes and warns people when and where the bombs will fall.

A lifelong Jehovah’s Witness moves to China to proselytize.

What it takes to deliver basic medical care to the most remote corners of the Himalayas.

An unlikely Army wife tries to come to terms with her husband’s calling.