On the death of a high school basketball star in New York City.

On the recovery of snowboarder Kevin Pearce, who suffered a massive brain injury five days before the 2010 Olympics.

A former colleague visits the ‘Fire Fiend’ in prison.

How a family man dentist got involved in an underage prostitution ring.

On Astana, the grandiose new capital that Kazakhstan built on the site of a remote Tsarist fort, and its striving young inhabitants.

The story of Olympic boxing hopeful Quanitta Underwood, who was sexually abused by her father as a child.

Sam Childers, a Pennsylvania-based evangelical preacher, biker, and former drug addict, has devoted his life to catching crazed African warlord Joseph Kony.

A profile of 25-year-old Lena Dunham, showrunner and star of HBO’s Girls.

The story of a bizarre—and bizarrely effective—smear campaign.

George Wright spent more time on the lam, 41 years, than any fugitive in American history. Last fall, after being caught in a rural Portuguese village, he told his story.

A year with Major Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification.

How a convicted sexual predator emptied the bank accounts and ruined the lives of several women from behind bars.

“Being Justin Bieber means having an endless number of T-shirts to destroy.” A profile of the pop star just after his 18th birthday.

The search for a missing ultramarathoner in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, and the life that lead him there.

It’s a club “filled exclusively with people who do not want to be members.”

A profile of fashion designer Nudie Cohn, who made clothing for Elvis, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, and others.

A profile of the Hollywood star-maker behind Vanna White, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy.

On the complex nature of a presidential second term and what Obama would do if he wins one.

A history of The New Yorker and its editors, from founder Harold Ross through Tina Brown.

Prohibition couldn’t have happened without Wayne B. Wheeler, who foisted temperance on a thirsty nation 90 years ago.

A voyage to North Sentinel island, home to one of the last entirely isolated populations on Earth.

How Christopher Hitchens, a former socialist, became one of the most vigorous defenders of the war in Iraq.

An American, born into privilege, became a bootleg DVD kingpin in Shanghai and then, in an unprecedented development, landed in Chinese prison.

A classified Guantánamo Bay interrogation log reveals the techniques used on Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called 20th 9/11 hijacker.

A profile of Anas Aremeyaw, an investigative journalist in Ghana who’s willing to do anything–and pose as anyone–to get the story.