On the occasion of Hamid Karzai’s visit to the White House, a fever dream tour of the Afghanistan war through the eyes of the leaders who gave birth to its narrative.

A profile of 22-year-old hacker George Hotz, who in 2007 became the first person to successfully unlock the iPhone. A few years later, he became the first person to successfully hack the Playstation 3. And, shortly thereafter, he became the first person to get sued by Sony for it.

The Wikileaks-released documents regarding the polonium-poisoning assassination of Alexander V. Litvinenko speak to the potential involvement of both British and Russian security agencies and hint at the disappearance of a plane that bore evidence of the transport of polonium.

On the grueling nature of Chinese restaurant work and the hopes and dreams of the cooks and delivery men who have migrated to the U.S.

More migrants than ever are crossing the Colombia-Panama border to reach the U.S. Five days inside the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous journeys in the world.

On the nature of violence.

When my brother was twelve, I found six mice nailed to the wall of the abandoned tree house in the woods near our apartment. He spent a lot of time there. It seemed to me the little mouse faces were frozen in agony. As though they’d been alive when he’d hammered the nails through them.

On the start of the high school football season in Odessa, Texas. An adaptation published alongside the release of Bissinger’s 1990 book of the same name, which led to the movie and the show.

Inside the puppet trial of the decade.

Richard Gere, AIDS anxiety and the search for the “Original Gerbil.”

The story of 1968’s Golden Globe, a race to see who could become the first sailor to circumnavigate the world solo without stopping.

On immigration detainees in the United Kingdom, and the suffering that lands them in detention.

Searching for the mysterious tree kangaroo in one of the most remote places on Earth.

A profile of the up-and-coming New York politician, who at the time was toying with a run for mayor.

A log of the 32 shitless hours that the author spent in the Tombs prison after being arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest.

On “If You Are the One”, the smash hit Chinese dating show that raised the ire of censors.

On switching to the gold standard and a trip to the Yukon to witness the modern gold rush.

A profile of the singer as he returns to the stage for the first time in a dozen years.

The highest-ranking CIA officer to be convicted of spying passes the tricks of the trade along to his son.

An hour-by-hour account of the explosion and rescue effort on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

The battle to contain the Asian tiger mosquito–one suburban, above-ground pool at a time.

How both the drugs and the music have evolved together.

The Supreme Court justice on gay rights, the problem with consensus, and the Devil.