Selections from the leaked documents about the war in Afghanistan portray a military effort that is ineffective and frequently absurd. (Part of the NYT War Logs series.)

The city is beating the pandemic. Can it also recover from decades of division and neglect?

How social media is fanning violence across the globe.

How do you start closing the gap between rich and poor? Convince the rich to do it themselves.

On conspiracy theories in sports, from the ‘85 NBA draft lottery to Michael Phelps’ gold medal performance in the 100-meter butterfly.

A look back at the spill that launched a movement.

A profile of Valeria Lukyanova, otherwise known as the “Human Barbie.”

A fight that has nothing to do with gun control is ripping through the grieving community.

How meteorologists are improving their predictive powers.

A circle of young black playwrights is doing some of the most vital work in American theater. And Perry is at its center.

On Abbey Road studios, the Beatles, and modern record production.

Thirty-four years after the Bhopal gas leak, the abandoned waste pits are spreading poison and still destroying lives.

The veteran music publicist and radio host is also the indefatigable voice behind the most viral prompt questions on Twitter.

The activist who turned off the Keystone pipeline last fall is facing years in prison - and not backing down.

The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.

Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.

The story behind an Instagram sensation is the story of a changing coastal Maine.

Many long-haulers feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse.

On the then-new phenomenon of dead downtowns.

Melissa Cook is carrying triplets for a man she has never met, conceived with an egg that isn't hers. He only wants two of them, but won't let her keep the third. So she is suing, in the hopes that the court will arrive at a new meaning of parenthood.

On A Star Is Born and the celebrity industrial complex.

In 1990, Judith Butler published a groundbreaking book on queer theory. Today, “in a broad-stroke, vastly simplified version, the understanding of gender that Gender Trouble suggests is not only recognizable; it is pop.”

“You have to ask for food. You have to ask to go use the bathroom. … [Kelly] is a master at mind control. … He is a puppet master.”

“Thug is alone even in a room full of people. He is unapproachable. He radiates volatility. I can't even imagine him making actual, on-purpose eye contact with another human. Looking into a person's eyes—seeking some kind of a connection—is an admission of neediness, and Young Thug would rather be shot dead in the street than need a thing from another human being.”