The downfall of Hugo Schwyzer, feminist.

An oral history of “Page Six.”

A chance encounter with a movie star on an airplane.

Chris Barry was born into Washington D.C. royalty. He died alone, essentially homeless, just a year after losing a race for his father’s former seat.

Most tycoons give big to one or two universities as their children approach college age. David Shaw gave to seven.

An exposé of the New York Police Department’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.

A profile of Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister.

How Juarez became the murder capital of the world.

The New York Times reveals the deception of 27-year-old reporter Jayson Blair.

On the future of the liberal Israeli newspaper Haartez.

A faked marriage between undercover agents leads to the arrest of a dozen drug dealers.

The story of the landmark musical’s improbable success.

A physiological theory of mental illness.

The Pope’s vision for addressing climate change.

The family accused of funding the Pakistani Taliban.

The story of the family who couldn’t stop adopting.

Pakistani fishing communities struggle inside the nets of bonded labor.

Can a cowboy become the greatest polo player of all time?

A profile of David Yerushalmi, the little-known Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn leading the campaign casting Islamic law as the greatest threat to American freedom since the cold war.

"Look, people's lives are people's lives, and some of them can't cope or be as organized as some of us might like. But it's only in the area of sex that we get involved in the ethics of promoting risk-taking, the idea that we should withhold information or devices because we don't want people to need them. Would you make the same argument about cholesterol drugs? Saying, If we give people a drug that will reduce cholesterol, they won't be as likely to exercise and eat properly like they really should?"

The corruption and cruelty of the state’s response to suspected jihadis and their families seem likely to lead to the resurgence of the terror group.

In the beginning, they were known as die Dönermorde – the kebab murders. The victims had little in common, apart from immigrant backgrounds and the modest businesses they ran.

Two truckers talk on a wintry Alaskan highway.

Trials and dangers abound for an interplanetary social worker.

Cemetery field recordings reveal terrifying messages.