On the lives of the men who gang-raped a woman on a Delhi bus last year, the life of their victim, and the people left out of India’s growing prosperity.

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.

The making of a lost generation:

According to the Unicef report, which measured 40 indicators of quality of life – including the strength of relationships with friends and family, educational achievements and personal aspirations, and exposure to drinking, drug taking and other risky behavior – British children have the most miserable upbringing in the developed world. American children come next, second from the bottom.

How Atlanta-born Davido, the son of a wealthy Nigerian businessman, hopes to break the international market with his brand of Nigerian pop.

An artifact from the height of the uproar:

Behind the tawdriest of headlines, there's a woman I wouldn't mind bringing home to mom.

An interview with cinematographer Harris Savides on the enduring appeal of the visual style of films shot in the 1970s.

A new strain of educational thought (and practice) involves embracing the technology of the moment - which means bringing video games into the classroom.

An opinion piece on the structural causes of unrest in Egypt; the business fraternity, globalization, and the fate of Egyptian women.

The trucker blew a stop sign and hit a bus full of teenagers. Now the families of the dead grapple with their capacity to forgive.

On the Dancing Dolls of Jackson, stars of the reality show Bring It! and part of a long Southern tradition of majorette dancing.

A profile of rapper Bun B, “the unofficial mayor of Houston.”

On the palm trees of Los Angeles.

On the narrative of sexual coercion.

On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.

Dick Cheney and the political history of warrantless surveillance.

Was Steinbrenner’s Partner the “Madoff of Memorabilia”? Inside a collector’s hoax.

A map of the Queen of Cookbooks’ rise to power.

So many theories of laughter, so many chortles left unexplained.

A profile of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, written at the midpoint of his career.

Dominick Dunne’s account of the trial of his daughter’s murderer.

The twilight of future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki.

A journalist’s memories of covering the great Baltimore fire of 1904.

A profile of Amar Bose, founder of the Bose Corporation.

Inside the multibillion-dollar business of keeping foreigners out of America.

An examination of the Minutemen movement and death on the border.