A profile of new Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

A personal and legal history of assisted suicide.

A profile of 14-year-old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson.

In Tripoli, after Gaddafi.

On spectacular saintliness, holy anorexia, and female hysteria.

A profile of Chief Justice John Roberts.

An exposé of extralegal killing.

In a posthumously published essay, Twain recounts dreams of a long-lost love.

On Mark Twain’s recently released memoir.

A tour of Manhattan’s nightlife.

An elite group of forensic scientists, charged with finding hidden human remains, nears retirement age.

How a ragtag group of artists launched an art-entertainment empire.

An oral history of Lilith Fair.

A journey of recovery through electroconvulsive therapy.

In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall—and changed New York history.

“At 54, after 30 years of marriage and two of loneliness, I went online to find a man and found Dean.”

A three-part essay on love, loss, and what comes in between.

A profile of Larry David, with a focus on his years as a struggling stand-up. “I was hoping that somehow I could get some kind of cult following and get by with that.”

A reporter on her way out of India probes a case of a woman beaten to death by her husband in public.

Paul Wulff, a college football coach, was only 12 when his mother vanished from their family home. After 41 years of searching, he finally has been able to piece together some details of a mystery that upended both his life and family.

The deadly hazing that destroyed a legendary college marching band.

Patsy Cline’s hometown and the debate over her legacy.

Inside the women’s ward at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

Ego, hubris, and the failure to adapt.

Behind-the-scenes the Cincinnati Ben-Gal cheerleaders.