The battle over police torture and reparations in Chicago’s schools.

The world’s best ice climber is turning 50.

A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis as it quietly rages on.

“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.

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.

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.