The story of Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez’s flight from Cuba.

The year of the revolution, from behind the camera.

Brandon Darby’s journey from revolutionary activist to FBI informant.

A report from campus after the rape allegations against members of the lacrosse team.

A report from the freediving word championships.

The alchemy of predicting professional success, from quarterbacks to teachers.

From prison, a member of the Earth Liberation Front tells her story.

How Obama’s immigration enforcement policies got away from him.

A beaten man tries to come back from purgatory.

From bombs to a boxer, variations on a name.

One year later, a dispatch from Steubenville.

A story from the end of the earth.

Flying straight from the future.

Turns out animal intelligence is not so different from our own.

The view of a life from cruising altitude.

From pecan pralines to ‘dots.’

Learning from the upheaval of the 1930s.

A letter from a cyclist who survived.

Kathy Wylde’s winding path from community organizer to “lone defender of the billionaires.”

On the rescue in July of two children from a burning apartment in southern France.

“Look, we all know that every city is unique. That’s all we talk about when we talk about cities, those things that make New York different from L.A., or Tokyo different from Albuquerque. But focusing on those differences misses the point. Sure, there are differences, but different from what? We’ve found the what.”

Scenes of grief, from the sister of comedian Harris Wittels.

Should having an intellectual disability disqualify a mother from raising her child?

Excerpted from the author’s biography of mathematician Simon Phillips Norton.