A profile of the author, who “looks to history not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too.”

Donors all over America opened their wallets for his United States Navy Veterans Association. Politicians all over Washington posed for grip-and-grins with him. But not only was he not a legitimate fundraiser for military families—he wasn’t even Bobby Charles Thompson.

How humanitarian disasters are good for nature.

A eulogy for the journalist.

On the “booming market” for human breast milk.

An obituary for Richard Nixon.

On writing memoirs for the rich.

They advertise murder for hire but work for the government. Inside the world of America’s fake hit men.

For most people who participate in clinical trials, being a guinea pig is just a way to make a quick buck. For others, it’s a career.

The article that spawned a school of thought; an elegy for the age of the megahit and a primer for the niche-based future.

Ray Spencer went to jail for 20 years for molesting his kids. Then they started to question their memories.

Tim Piazza fought for his life for 12 hours before his Beta Theta Pi brothers called 911. By then, it was too late.

A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.

For immigrants from Muslim-majority countries, applications for visas, asylum, green cards, and naturalization can take decades. Unless you’re willing to be an informant for the FBI.

On Erdogan’s struggle for power.

On spear-wielding chimps who hunt for meat.

On prospecting for space rocks in Kansas.

Yearning for conception.

At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, one ill-fated cruise ship became a symbol for the panic and confusion that would soon engulf the globe. What two harrowing weeks trapped aboard the ocean liner felt like—for unsuspecting tourists, for frightened crew members, and for the captain himself.

The search for Syrian war criminals in Europe.

The case for paying college athletes.

The search for Guns N’ Roses’ elusive guitarist.

For years, rural Guatemalans traveled thousands of miles for jobs in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. A series of immigration raids is creating havoc in a town desperate for workers.

Arlena Lindley’s boyfriend Alonzo Turner beat her for months and murdered her child. So why was she sent to prison for 45 years?