The ISIS Killers
The elite Iraqi “Golden Division” was trained by the US to hunt terrorists. But now they’re locked in a brutal street battle for control of Mosul.
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Obama’s Secret Struggle to Punish Russia for Putin’s Election Assault
“I feel like we sort of choked.”
When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents?
In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family.
The Seeker
The complicated life and death of Hideki Irabu, a pitcher who was supposed to become a Yankee legend and found heartache instead.
The Hungriest Man on Earth
How the heaviest man in the NFL survived a life of pain and transformed his body after falling in love.
Julian Assange, a Man Without a Country
A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.
United We Stand
An hour-by-hour account of last weekend in Charlottesville.
The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery
The mysterious business interests trying to patent strains and turn their company into the Monsanto of legal marijuana.
The Longform Guide to Addiction
A collection of our favorite articles about dependency.
How the Elderly Lose Their Rights
Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.
Saving the World From the Code Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes.
Sex, Spies, and the National Anthem
How one of the world’s top conductors became ensnared in a WWI-era scandal.
Rachel Brosnahan’s Comic Timing
Can the star of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ help reclaim women’s place in stand-up history?
The Serial-Killer Detector
A former journalist, equipped with an algorithm and the largest collection of murder records in the country, finds patterns in crime.
In Chatlogs, Celebrated Hacker and Activist Confesses Countless Sexual Assaults
“I have drunkenly sexually assaulted or raped women—the exact number of which I am currently determining.”
A Lonely Death
In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.
The Conversation: Seven Women Discuss Work, Fairness, Sex and Ambition
A discussion of how—or if—change is possible.
What (if Anything) Does Carter Page Know?
A profile of the irrepressible Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser.
Michigan State Secrets Extend Far Beyond Larry Nassar Case
An investigation into widespread denial, inaction, and information suppression of sexual assault and violence allegations at Michigan State.
Losing Sight
A 4-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Then she disappeared.
The Zankou Chicken Murders
The creator of the California-based food chain kills his mother, sister and, finally, himself.
From Hollywood to Anaheim, he had opened a chain of fast-food rotisserie chicken restaurants that dazzled the food critics and turned customers into a cult. Poets wrote about his Zankou chicken. Musicians sang about his Zankou chicken. Now that he was dying, his dream of building an empire, 100 Zankous across the land, a Zankou in every major city, would be his four sons’ to pursue. In the days before, he had pulled them aside one by one -- Dikran, Steve, Ara, Vartkes -- and told them he had no regrets. He was 56 years old, that was true, but life had not cheated him. He did not tell them he had just one more piece of business left to do.
Felix Salmon, "Fusion Money," and Floating Upward
The story of one journalist’s giant salary and why his company could no longer pay it.
The Search for Jackie Wallace
A New Orleans football legend reached the pinnacle of the sport, playing in three Super Bowls. Then he disappeared.
Stan Lee Needs a Hero
Elder abuse, secret recordings, shady memorabilia dealings and the sinister battle for the estate of 95-year-old Marvel legend Stan Lee.
The Young and the Reckless
A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft’s videogame empire. Then they went too far.
