How Guzmán was captured the last time.

The Sinaloa cartel was flooding cocaine across the border. The DEA was listening. A 4-part series based on hundreds of pages of transcripts from intercepted calls, court testimony, and investigative reports.

El Chapo and the ruins of the Mexican-American border.

On a Mexican newsweekly brave enough to cover El Chapo.

A report from El Chapo’s battle for Guadalajara.

On Sinaloa’s multi-billion dollar business model.

An excerpt from his book on the 1988 presidential campaign, one of the great pieces of political reporting in American history.

Cramer’s most famous piece of writing, a profile of an aging Ted Williams.

How Jerry Lee Lewis, whose nickname was “The Killer,” got away with murdering 25-year-old Shawn Michelle Stevens, his fifth wife.

Cramer on his hometown of Baltimore and its hero, Cal Ripken Jr.

A profile of a Montana sheriff in the midst of a manhunt.

Inside the lives of Sri Lanka’s Tamils as they emerge from a multi-decade war that defined and nearly destroyed them.

Getting the married man back to her place was the easy part.

A insider account of the British real-estate business from 20-year industry veteran.

In tragedy’s wake, a man tries methylenedioxymethamphetamine.

Serial infidelity is not all it’s cracked up to be. For one thing, it’s really expensive.

“And finally, to girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you.”

An excerpt from Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice.

A view of the Barefoot Bandit from his hometown.

Can a writer disappear in America for a month with a $5,000 bounty on his head?

The story of how Benjamin Holmes, wanted by the FBI for arson, spent two decades hiding in plain sight. (Also the story of how, when Holmes finally came back to see his wife, she shot him.)

On the run in Canada with Randy Quaid and his wife Evi as the try to evade “the Hollywood Star Whackers.”

A visit to the French hideaway of Ira Einhorn, co-founder of Earth Day, who had avoided arrest on murder charges for nearly 20 years. Einhorn was extradited to the United State. in 2001 and is now serving a life sentence.

Detailing the rise and fall of the most prolific star in the history of porn, Sager’s 12,500-worder helped inspire Boogie Nights.

A self-published snapshot of the industry following the Great Recession.

The former entertainment editor at Hustler describes the psychological impact of his half-decade as a porn reviewer.

The story of an appearance by porn star Sasha Grey—referred to here as “Tasha”—on The Tyra Banks Show.

An essay on what Internet porn has done to American sexuality.