The case for why a cup of joe is about to become a luxury item.

A profile of the Russian spy-turned-Maxim covergirl.

The profile of a crime syndicate which dominates the European cocaine trade.

The story of Southern Flight 242.

The wealthy widow of an East Bay newspaper baron, her cowboy fantasy man, and the drowning nobody could solve.

On life in Los Angeles, and the specter of a second riot.

The lives of the Indians who were swallowed in the Bhopal gas cloud, thirty years later.

The dilemma of providing quality health care for undocumented immigrants, and how one city is attempting to solve it.

How a blind, destitute man became a world-class composer while living on the streets of New York.

What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.

A treatment for liver cancer gives the writer a fresh perspective on illness – and wellness.

Doug Dodd was a drug kingpin in high school. And now, like the narrator of a Scorcese film, he wants to tell his own story.

High school dropouts are descending on San Francisco with nothing more than a backpacks full of clothes and ideas.

An uneasy friendship forms in colonial Ceylon between the future husband of Virgina Woolf and a socially repulsive police magistrate.

On how a childhood spent in New York City’s tenements led a 15-year-old boy to be convicted of murder.

The first article in a two-part history of the Educational Testing Service, the institution behind the SAT.

On a Duke student’s now infamous Powerpoint presentation of her sexual history; binge-drinking, post-feminism, and Mario Kart.

The juvenile ward on Rikers Island is a world of constant violence fueled by gangs and, allegedly, encouraged and overseen by the guards.

How a group of Queens high schoolers changed music forever while barely managing to remain on speaking terms.

A profile of 36-year-old curator Loïc Gouzer, who has made millions for Christie’s.

The story of a home invasion, a torture session, and one lawyer who nearly killed another.

Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.

A profile of Donald Trump’s son-in-law and de facto campaign manager.

A profile of a woman who spends her days evangelizing Donald Trump on TV.

A profile of the Oklahoma City point guard, who is averaging a triple-double in his first season without Kevin Durant.