A dispatch from the Central African Republic.

Rejecting the “American immortal” mentality.

After offending Richard Marx, the author meets him to hash things out.

The turf wars at New York City’s hip hop station, Hot 97.

The growing – and uneasy – alliances between the military and Silicon Valley.

On the ground with a young Texas doctor who travels the state to provide abortions.

Maintaining the manual On Writing Well.

Investigating the murky reality behind the attack in Libya.

On Rupert Murdoch and the tabloid culture he created in the U.K.

What American towns named Paris can tell us about the French.

Apples, plastic bags, teeth. The author’s letter to his unborn child.

A child genius living in poverty, her mother, and the benefactor who became their tormenter.

How a cartel invented and marketed the modern diamond.

The days, weeks, and months after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

Greed, gringos, diesel, drugs, shamans, seaweed, and a disco ball in the jungle.

Mitch McConnell’s refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever.

Reckoning with the American flag.

On the legal quagmire facing the President if Joe Biden wins.

On the questions DNA tests answer and the new ones they create.

Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, grew up middle class and now lives in a three-bedroom house in L.A. In between, she was a part of a royal harem in Brunei.

A profile of Jack Dorsey, co-founder (and displaced CEO) of Twitter. Dorsey’s latest venture, a mobile credit card system called Square that only officially launched in February 2011, already processes more than a million transactions per day.

After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.

A profile of New York Times obituary writer Alden Whitman.

A profile of Alexey Navalny, a Russian anti-corruption crusader.

A survivor of child abuse refuses to be silenced.