Investigating the burning of ancient books by rebels in Timbuktu.

Tourism at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

On police brutality in New York and the race riots of 1964.

Why six people admitted roles in two murders they most likely didn’t commit.

They lose millions in a Florida real estate scam.

A couple’s only son is killed in Iraq.

On the rise in gay teens who are cast out by their families.

An argument for ordering in, among other things.

An American enrolls in a Beijing ping-pong school. A series of humiliations ensue.

Debates surrounding physician-assisted dying in the U.S.

Exploring remote atolls in the South Pacific.

How a small-town comptroller became the biggest municipal embezzler in U.S. history.

A coffee maven—and Frappuccino inventor—attempts a comeback in the cafe business.

Inside one of the biggest antiquities-smuggling rings in history.

In search of the perfect lie detector test.

Lyndon Baines Johnson in retirement.

Brazil’s restless youth in the lead-up to the World Cup.

A report from Owsley County, Ky., the poorest county in America.

On hit-and-run deaths, and in particular, that of Tiara Nichelle Jackson on the Beltway.

How Korean immigrants in L.A. revolutionized fashion’s production cycle.

Driving cross-country in a chemical tanker.

How Craigslist dealers do business in New York City.

The Facebook COO on her generation’s failures and the continuing gender gap in American business and politics.

Today, we turn to you. You are the promise for a more equal world. You are our hope. I truly believe that only when we get real equality in our governments, in our businesses, in our companies and our universities, will we start to solve this generation’s central moral problem, which is gender equality.

On the rise of witness intimidation in Baltimore.

On the life of a small-town druggist in Colorado.