The fight to grant asylum to the translators who worked—and sometimes fought—alongside U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The inner workings of a high school basketball team stacked with international talent.

Why has the Palestinian cause failed to produce a Martin Luther King-like leader with a platform based on non-violence?

An investigation into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests in Alaska Native villages.

A profile of Larry Garrison, the man who “gets paid to bring tabloid stories to TV news programs.”

On the investors betting big on the Iraqi economy, which they believe has nowhere to go but up.

What are the foreign policy views of Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney?

A look at the artists and writers who drive for a New York cab company. The story that inspired Taxi.

A profile of Harold Camping, a Christian radio host who (falsely) predicted the end of the world.

A former first-string tackle considers the green zone as a war zone:

Just as football has evolved in accordance with the evolving business ethic of American society, so has it evolved in accordance with the changing strategic assumptions about war. The development (or rebirth) of the T-formation in football coincided almost exactly with the development of a new era of mobility and speed in warfare best exemplified in the Blitzkrieg tactics of the German armies in Europe in 1939-40. The T-formation soon overwhelmed the “Maginot Line” mentality of traditional football, based as it was on rigid lines and massive concentrations of defensive and offensive power.

“In the very near future, the act of remembering will become a choice.”

A newspaper writer’s attempt to solve the mystery of a homeless man who claims to be a once-famous boxer.

A chronicle of the 2010 wildfire that burned down 169 homes in Colorado, told via the people who lived through it.

On a press junket in Ecuador, the author investigates the ethics of shopping.

A report from the trial of Ivan Demjanjuk—a.k.a. “The Last Nazi”—who died on March 17.

An interview with the novelist.

Twenty-five years later, the deaths of a couple on the Trail remain shocking – and mostly unexplained.

The magician who spent his life debunking spiritualists and exposing con men.

Why do we honor dead soldiers rather than the fighters who deserted and the activists who demanded peace?

How the author writes best-selling non-fiction books without the ability to leave her house.

The surreal pageantry of the North Korean Film Festival makes Hollywood look demure.

The article that kept the New Yorker alive was written by a debutante. Who happened to be married to Irving Berlin.

Nowadays, the young and privileged view un- and under-paid assistantships as the road to a successful creative career. Are they deluding themselves?

Playing beer pong with David Axelrod—and other scenes from the lives of young, high-profile aides in the Obama White House.