A profile of philosopher Timothy Morton, who wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs.

He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.

Joyce Hatto, unknown to even the most ardent classical music collectors until late in her life, released a string of incredible performances of great works, distributed by her husband’s mail-order CD business. But how was it possible for her to record difficult works at such a dizzying rate? And if wasn’t her playing, who was it?

Ahmed Naji’s novel was not overtly political, but the “protagonist performs cunnilingus, rolls hash joints and gulps from bottles of vodka” which led a lawyer to press charges against him for causing a fluctuation in his blood pressure when the novel was excerpted in a Cairo newspaper, even though it had been approved by censors.

On Feb. 5, 2019, Maya Moore made an announcement on The Players' Tribune that would upend the WNBA: She would be sitting out the 2019 season to focus on "the people in my family, as well as on investing my time in some ministry dreams that have been stirring in my heart for many years." It was a stunning declaration. This was Maya Moore, in her prime.

A profile of Nora Sandigo, guardian to hundreds of kids born in America to illegal immigrants.

Ending homelessness is really quite simple: give people somewhere to live. Why’s Utah the only place willing to try it?

After years of whispers in her Polish community, Anna finally learned the truth about her father. Then she went to Sri Lanka to find him.

How Barack Obama decided to green-light the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

Efraim Zuroff does not want to retire.

The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.

This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn’t happen to Steve, he achieved it.

Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.

Orthopedic surgery would have bankrupted us in the United States. So we went to Mexico instead.

The latest federal NCAA probe is no different.

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

A profile of New York Times obituary writer Alden Whitman.

How citizen journalists are covering the war.

A mother’s quest to find a diagnosis for her daughter’s mysterious condition.

A second act for the former head of McSweeney’s.

An argument for ordering in, among other things.

The quest to create a cheap, durable, clean stove for the masses.

“To an extent that would stun outsiders, Mr. Trump, the most talked-about human on the planet, is still delighted when he sees his name in the headlines. And he is on a perpetual quest to see it there. One former top adviser said Mr. Trump grew uncomfortable after two or three days of peace and could not handle watching the news without seeing himself on it.”