The search for an Iraq veteran on the brink of suicide.

How an entire industry built itself convincing lead-paint poisoning victims to sign over settlement payments for a fraction of what they’re worth.

Who was Ashraf Marwan working for when he fell to his death from the balcony of a London flat?

A sociologist’s controversial first book and the debate over who gets to speak for whom.

Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly 200 years. They are still failing.

The search for the missing Holocaust hero began in 1945. The unending quest tore his family apart.

Reconstructing the investigation into Rafik Hariri’s assassination, for which five men stand trial in absentia.

The man behind the craze for fermented alcoholic tea likes to tell the story of his own conception.

For decades a group of radical Catholics, many of them nuns, have been keeping up the good fight against nuclear weapons.

The multimillionaire David Gundlach had trouble, all his life, reading social cues. For reasons no one quite understands, he left most of his fortune to Elkhart, Indiana.

A support group for trans veterans meets in New Orleans, linked to the only VA that is known to treat them with respect.

On having sex with your high school girlfriend – and paying the price for years to come.

The search for a missing ultramarathoner in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, and the life that lead him there.

A profile of fashion designer Nudie Cohn, who made clothing for Elvis, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, and others.

In 2003, Gary Coleman ran for governor of California. But what he really wanted was to have never come to Hollywood in the first place.

Searching for (and easily finding) Mark Augustus Landis, the man behind the “longest, strangest forgery spree the American art world has known.”

Did a school for spies get conned by a fake spook who molested students?

For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.

The life of a modern-day indentured servant involves a truck, mountains of debt, and moving goods for America’s biggest retailers.

How Vivitrol, a little-known anti-addiction drug, became the mandatory treatment for opioid abuse in drug courts across the United States.

ShyShy Pate has been missing for 19 years, but you’ve probably never heard of her.

Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over Oracle v. Google, has been coding for more than three decades.

“To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.”

How the media company failed to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women.