How an island in the Antipodes became the world’s leading supplier of licit opioids.

Inside the battle between Ivanka and Don Jr. to be next in line.

How one company helps landlords exploit a loophole in New York’s tenant laws.

On water scarcity in Mexico City.

How Barcelona became the most successful—and most beloved—club in soccer.

A week in the life of a family weathering the coronavirus.

Three nights with 311 in the waning moments of free American life.

Six months of life and death in America.

Cryptomining in Europe’s most disputed state.

The perils of voting in the modern age.

And what it lost in the process.

Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui is redefining Africa’s place in the global art scene.

Finding meaning in the climate fight.

Searching for home at a cowboy poetry convention in Elko, Nevada.

In February, Jerusalem’s FC Beitar, the only soccer team in the Israeli Premier League to have never signed an Arab player, signed two Chechnyan Muslims, sparking national controversy and pitting the organization against their ultras fan club La Familia.

Born with spina bifida, Noor al-Zahra Haider entered the media spotlight in 2005 after U.S. troops arranged her life-saving surgery in America. This is what happened when she returned to Iraq.

In the days following Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, more than 100 cities experienced significant civil disturbance. In New York, everyone expected riots. What happened next.

A rape case in which most of the evidence lies in the archives of Twitter and Instagram divides a football-crazed town of 18,400.

Ex-members say it’s a cult preying on young creative women in New York. Its leader — a man who goes by International Scherick, compares himself to Jesus, and charges $200 minimum — says he’s empowering his clients to be successful in life and love.

In California, Jeff Lee is a business school student at Stanford with an almost unhealthy work ethic and a penchant for selfies. In Malaysia, he’s teaching women how to win beauty pageants.

A former Saint and Super Bowl champion, Will Smith, was shot and killed by another player named Cardell Hayes. Their fatal collision highlights the fine line between triumph and tragedy in football and life in New Orleans.

The impact of a life map and a stipend on those in the gang life in Richmond, CA.

In 1939, acting on a tip and clues from The Iliad, archaeologists unearthed King Nestor’s palace on Pylos. Recently, another discovery in Pylos, the grave of an even earlier soldier, could change our entire understanding of how western civilization developed.

A profile of the Atlanta star and creator, who also released a hit album in 2016 and is set to star in the next Star Wars.

“If I were a bitch, I’d be in love with Biff Truesdale. Biff is perfect. He’s friendly, good-looking, rich, famous, and in excellent physical condition. He almost never drools.”