At age 22, the author went undercover at his old high school. An excerpt of the book that became the film.

On the promise of 23-year-old Nicholas Cleves, who died in the bike path attack in New York.

How the GOP took control of state politics in Alabama, leaving black lawmakers—and their constituents—powerless.

Going on a fishing trip with the secretary of the interior.

The story of a Puerto Rican family trying to get settled in Chicago after Hurricane Maria.

Bobby Fischer unravels before the 1972 World Chess Championships, a.k.a. the “Match of the Century.”

An Afghanistan love story.

How a 20-year-old from the land of fake news tricked Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, and the BBC.

He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.

How the disappearing bayou town of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana is trying to delay its inevitable end.

They’ve built a hidden society in a state park. Among the haole squatters of Kalalau.

The inside story of how an Ivy League food scientist turned shoddy data into viral studies.

On photographer Garry Winogrand and the unedited archive of more than half a million exposures he left behind.

A love letter and the jacked up emotions of reality TV.

How Jerry Falwell Jr. transformed Liberty University, one of the religious right’s most powerful institutions, into a wildly lucrative online empire.

Most of the fish we eat die by asphyxiation. But there’s a better way, both for the fish and those who eat them.

A walkout mostly failed to secure more funding for schools, but it has spawned a movement of politically engaged Okies.

Brock Turner’s twisted legacy—and a Stanford professor’s relentless pursuit of justice.

A secret network of women is working outside the law and the medical establishment to provide safe, cheap home abortions.

How a meteorite hunter’s obsession took him from the mountains of Colorado, to the Bundy Ranch, and eventually landed him in jail.

The future of Tesla.

A comprehensive history of the case against the Menendez brothers, built primarily on secret audio recording made by their self-promoting therapist.

“The academy’s prestige has been shattered, probably forever,” by allegations of sexual harassment and corruption.

World-famous Houston surgeon Bud Frazier spent decades developing a revolutionary device that could save millions of lives.

A profile of John McCain during the 2000 presidential race.