He dreamed of educating the children in his village. But soon he learned that it was dangerous for the Rohingya to dream.

When jail healthcare is outsourced to for-profit medical providers, inmates pay the price.

“I wanted to be prepared for the worst nature could throw at me. But the real threat turned out to be human.”

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

A for-profit coding school that charges nothing but takes a portion of graduates future wages has been lying about how many students actually get placed.

Two men were sent to prison for killing a French tourist in Manhattan in 1987. Can they overturn their convictions?

Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same.

A profile of the doctor who has run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 36 years.

A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?

A cooking column for people with AIDS claimed the right to pleasure, but in each recipe was embedded an urgent appeal.

After the massive success of SimCity, the company behind the game began building private simulations for corporations.

Bruce Fleming is known for being a chauvinistic, egoistic loudmouth–but firing him has been a lot harder than the Pentagon thought.

Eighteen hours inside one COVID ward, observing what it takes to care for the sickest patients.

Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.

In 1944, an eighteen year old boy became famous for throwing eggs at Frank Sinatra. Then he disappeared.

Three teenage boys decide to set sail after a night of drinking. They go missing for 51 days.

For a few days in 1995, many Indians believed a religious idol had developed a lifelike ability to drink milk.

A cloud enthusiast becomes an advocate for a new type of cloud.

For nearly 17 years, the truth about the murder of Mac Dre has been one of hip-hop’s great unsolved mysteries.

For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo.

For one writer, “Hot Vax Summer” is a slow climb.

Why now is the time to rethink COVID safety protocols for children—and everyone else.

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

Finding the author of Pictures for Sad Children.

The story of imprisoned boxer James Scott, who contended for the light heavyweight title by staging fights inside Rahway prison.