The life of Phyllis Frye, a pioneer in the fight for transgender rights.

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.

Even for a high-powered “A-Type,” living on forged documentation is an endurance test.

A Kiwi entrepreneur is leading a revolution in recreational drugs: he’s trying to make them safe.

A profile of Jon Stewart, who’s now run The Daily Show for more than a decade.

What it takes to recover from a near-death brawl with a bear.

A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.

In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.

A new historical inquiry into the murder of Elwood Higginbotham offers a chance to confront the past.

The story of a bank robber who risked his life to put a killer on death row.

How Craig Carton, a morning host on WFAN, ended up running a Ponzi scheme.

The story of an aviator-adventurer draws a journalist into a reflection on his own family’s history of flight.

It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.

Life on the other side of the laptop.

An IP horror story.

On getting a brain implant to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease.

Freedom, the GOP, and a rhesus macaque on the loose.

The failed deposal of a university president.

The allure of conclusion-shaping and a wunderkind’s fall.

Memoir of a Latter-day campaign correspondent.

Inside a high-profile Hollywood child custody battle.

A survivor of child abuse refuses to be silenced.

The mystery of a death in Dallas.

A former employee’s horror stories.

Sown by science, a new eco-faith takes root.