Kelvin Villanueva had lived in America for 15 years. He had four kids. He had a job. Then he was stopped for a broken taillight.

America’s biggest for-profit foster care agency has a history of abuse, neglect, and even deaths to account for.

A young girl is reported missing. The detective assigned to her case quickly discovers she’s been gone for years. The story of his search for justice.

For three days, thousands of uninsured Americans converge on the Wise County Fairgrounds for the largest pop-up clinic in the country.

Taking a stand for public land turns out to be very good for sales.

The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.

For decades, poppers have been the go-to sex drug for gay men. But where do they come from?

They executed people for the state of South Carolina. For some, it nearly destroyed them.

On starting a rural retreat for recovering addicts.

The search for the hottest chili.

Requiem for a viral hit.

The author on her reverence for water.

Life for women in the trucking industry.

“For every other kid in the room, the science experiment probably amounts to just another classroom activity, but for the Nashes the project is a reminder of Molly’s own fight for life and the controversial cutting-edge medicine that saved her.”

“What it means — for the reporting we do, for the brands we represent, and for our own mental health — that we don’t stop being black people when we’re working as black reporters. That we quite literally have skin in the game.”

Jennifer Warren promised people counseling and recovery for free. When they arrived, she put them to work 16 hours a day for no pay at adult care homes for the elderly and disabled.

The case against Jonathan Pollard, an American who spied for Israel.

On the private, for-profit probation industry.

The fight for South Africa’s future.

A new era in the search for life on Mars.

When Manny Ramirez played half a season for the E-DA Rhinos.

The market for Hirst’s work is in a tailspin. Why?

On an affliction for the digital age, “Munchausen by internet.”

Facing the inevitability of taking over care for someone who can’t take care of themselves.

An Oxford philosopher pursues the formula for morality.