On Graham Greene, the master of “ethical ambivalence.”

The odyssey of Kim Jong-il’s personal chef.

High school debate and the demise of public speech.

The life and last days of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

A few days in the life of Miley Cyrus.

An essay on gynobibliophobia and the critical reception of women writers.

The origins of Lagunitas are laced with THC.

Rise of the wonk.

Stylistically speaking, in terms of clothing, they arrived in shirts and pants and shoes (there’s really no other way to say it). They had haircuts, but it didn’t really look it. While other bands were mumbling or over-enunciating their dreary positions or penny-candy philosophies, Pavement kind of screamed for a generation. But they did it in a way that was so deeply American that it was almost Scandinavian.

Playwright Will Eno profiles the band and their cult as they grow up and prepare for a reunion.

Profiles of Vietnam veterans several years after returning home.

On the “unfair significance” of Jeremy Lin.

A personal history of “America’s most misunderstood religion.”

On dirty laundry and the meaning of freedom.

A profile of the designer, who died on February 19, 2019.

The story of Theranos.

Gamers, celebrities, military veterans, and publicists populate a capitalist future.

“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it.”

An attempt to figure out why, and how, a young pilot named Andreas Günter Lubitz deliberately plunged an airliner into the remote French Alps, killing himself and the other 149 people on board.

Their boss allegedly committed sexual assault and abuse. He denied everything. They had to decide: Who do I believe? What do I do?

On Feb. 19, 2020, a right-wing extremist murdered nine young people in Germany. Because the gunman shot himself, there will be no trial. But those left behind have questions for the country they call home.

He brought Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Cabbage Patch Kids to our living rooms. He made and lost fortunes. Can Al Kahn stay in the game?

What Rüdiger Heim learned about his father.

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Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?

The story of the most secret underground society in Paris.

“What I do is not magical realism. I do realistic magic. Look, whenever someone does something new, people have to compare it with things they already know. So even if you innovate, you end up being connected to the past. When I began making movies people linked me to Fellini or Buñuel. Now new filmmakers are called ‘jodorowskian.’”