Makeda Davis emerged from more than seven years in prison to a life that is complicated, unfamiliar, and, sometimes, soul crushing.

On the divisive narrative of “outside agitators” and how labor history can help guide the protest movement.

One man’s choice to stand alone. The story of race, politics, and power in baseball.

A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.

In 2018, Floridians voted overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing, a sport they were told was archaic and inhumane. What if they were wrong?

Christina Kim risked everything to escape North Korea’s entrenched gender violence. She almost didn’t make it.

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.

Gold mined in the jungles of Peru brought riches to three friends in Miami—but it also carried ruin.

In a Plano bowling alley one night, Bill Fong came so close to perfection that it nearly killed him.

What if people don’t just invent medical symptoms to get attention—what if they feign oppression, too?

Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement.

Inside the race to eliminate one of nature’s biggest threats.

On the Toronto Islands, an ugly real estate battle forces neighbours to ask: How do we define family?

The U.S. military openly admitted to killing Somali civilians but won’t return their emails or issue reparations.

An Australian slaughterhouse dispute shone a light on a system designed to exploit migrant workers’ hopes and ambitions.

Can face-to-face meetings between a victim and an abuser—a form of restorative justice—help a society overwhelmed with bad behavior?

Covid allowed Raquel Esquivel and 4,500 others to be released from overcrowded federal prisons. So why is she back behind bars?

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it

A sketch artist and a grieving mother set out to solve a cold case. The more they dug, the more terrifying the truth became.

Inside a quirky indie publisher’s turn to Covid trutherism

The Brooklyn Nets were built to be an unbeatable superteam of eccentric basketball superstars. Will they dominate the N.B.A. playoffs?

The musician, producer and archivist is driven by one thing: a mission to spread the joy of Black music.

Courtroom testimony about dogs detecting dead bodies keeps sending people to prison—even without physical evidence. Critics say the science is lacking.

How NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas lost his mother and grandmother to drug dealing, and how he plans on bringing them home.

Was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre actually a smokescreen to obscure an even more audacious art crime?