A profile of John McCain during the 2000 presidential race.

How one man’s imagined discovery of a sex-trafficking camp in the Sonoran Desert gained life online — and in the real world.

A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation.

On A Star Is Born and the celebrity industrial complex.

The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars’ worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down.

A report from Antartica, where the ecosystem is changing so fast scientists have no idea what will come next.

Priests are fielding more requests than ever for help with demonic possession, and a centuries-old practice is finding new footing in the modern world.

Inside Iraq’s most notorious prison, an Army interrogator named Joshua Casteel came fact to face with a truth about the war—and himself.

On conservative radio host John Ziegler and “the strange media landscape in which political talk radio is a salient.”

What happens when people who have trouble fitting into a traditional workplace get one designed just for them?

How rehab recruiters are luring recovering opioid addicts into a deadly cycle.

After Julie “Mama Julz” Richards’s own family was nearly destroyed by addiction, fighting back against meth became a personal crusade.

It was just a kayaking trip. Then it upended their lives.

The untold story of Alek Minassian, a year after the deadliest mass murder in Toronto history

What do you do when you hear that Mike Tyson is opening a weed resort in the middle of the California desert? You go investigate.

Ignoring warning signs of misconduct, Baltimore Police praised — and promoted — a Gun Trace Task Force leader.

How a childhood of anger led the founder of 8chan to create one of the darkest corners of the internet.

A journey to explore the rising authoritarianism in Hungary and its weirdest fringe: the people who believe they’ve descended from Attila the Hun.

Joe Exotic bred lions, tigers, and ligers at his roadside zoo. He was a modern Barnum who found an equally extraordinary nemesis.

A lawsuit against Harvard forces students to choose sides.

Uber and Lyft take a lot more from drivers than they say.

Prince had grand plans for his autobiography, but only a few months to live.

Inside a Danish homicide investigation.

For years, Mormon Mommy blogger Natalie Lovin curated a picture-perfect life. Then she left the church—and her husband.

How the tiny town of Roundup, Montana became a hub in Amazon’s supply chain.