How a disgraced Civil War general became one of the best-selling novelists in American history.

How the foreclosure crisis ignited a new form of activism in Chicago’s vacant homes.

A profile of Kermit Oliver, a reclusive, critically acclaimed artist who designs scarves for Hermès and works nights at the Waco post office.

A decade in the life of America’s wiliest coyote.

On the Netflix hit drama and its show runner, Beau Willimon.

On Gabo and his complicated role in the country of his birth, Colombia.

An immigrant from Lebanon, a hair-cutting fortune, and the dream of building a castle on an island in British Columbia.

The real story of a fabricator.

On the fear-mongering history of sex education.

Joseph Mitchell used composites in his non-fiction, invented characters and added flourishes to his facts. Does it matter?

An investigative look at the killing of Trayvon Martin.

In the midst of a national crisis, mothers addicted to drugs struggle to get off them — for their babies’ sake, and their own.

Why one physician took the risk of becoming an F.B.I. informant to expose alleged Medicare fraud.

How did a couple who built an empire of yoga studios and homes with “living walls” end up as pandemic villains?

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

A history of the ultimate political weapon, which we’ve never understood how to use.

A profile of the comedian, who died Tuesday.

On personal responsibility and privilege.

On Hillary Clinton’s Arab Spring.

Mormonism’s past and present.

Drone strikes and their consequences.

Why 18th-century French police obsessively tracked elite sex workers.

Navigating the bureaucratic welfare maze while raising a family.

How a lawyer from the Valley created a gossip empire.

Caring for a demented father.