A profile of rapper Mac Miller published on September 6, the day before he died.

How a ragtag group of artists launched an art-entertainment empire.

Was Dr. Alexander Mishkin, Hero of Russia, responsible for the Skripal poisoning?

The inspiring life and mysterious death of NBA player Bison Dele.

The haunting of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey.

As R. Kelly’s career flourished, an industry overlooked allegations of abusive behavior toward young women.

Elizabeth Anderson thinks we’ve misunderstood the basis of a free and fair society.

A profile of photographer William Christenberry.

A profile of Tiger Woods at 21.

On the rise and fall of the professional sports bettor.

Making sense of Donald Trump’s petulant reign.

Can tearing down I-81 fix the sins of the past?

The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.

An oral history of Lilith Fair.

On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.

The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution.

A profile of the film critic.

The rise of “natural” wines, and what happens next.

Can his cerebral politics still galvanize voters in an age of extremes?

Lauren Gunderson on the eve of her New York premiere.

The rise and fall of a Bitcoin mining scheme that was “too big to fail.”

On the end of Harvey Weinstein.

A profile of Bill Withers at 76.

A hundred and fifty years ago, slightly more, a strange notion: the dead could be counted. In the Civil War, in the lush fields of the South, Americans first, as a culture, began to imagine death in numbers. Rosters of soldiers, as well as lists of war casualties, were not common practice in the mid-nineteenth century. Many officials feared responsibility for the dead by numbering or naming them, and military leaders felt an accurate count might embolden their enemies.

On the twilight of the Iranian Revolution.