Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?
How one young American veteran got caught in the cobweb of Syrian rebel politics.
World
The Bro Code
Booze, sex, and the dark art of dealmaking in China.
The Reddest Carpet
The surreal pageantry of the North Korean Film Festival makes Hollywood look demure.
American Nightmare
The shame of family detention camps on the U.S. border.
Steamrolled
One of Europe’s poorest countries wanted a road, so U.S. mega-contractor Bechtel sold it a $1.3 billion highway, with the backing of a powerful American ambassador. Funny thing is, the highway is barely being used—and the ambassador is now working for Bechtel.
They Have Miao
How a reporter’s assistant got into trouble with Beijing security.
Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea
Thousands of Korean children were sent abroad beginning in the 1950s. Now, many of them are returning to their country of origin.
The Murder That Has Obsessed Italy
“‘It’s like a novel,’ a newspaper editor once told me, shaking his head. When I recently asked Ruggeri, the chief investigator, to sum up the case, she stared at her desk and just said ‘incredible’ four times.”
The Search for Petr Khokhlov
A Russian soldier vanishes in Ukraine.
The Bling Dynasty
An army of Western luxury-lifestyle purveyors flock to China to teach the country’s new billionaires how to act rich.
Did You Hear The One About North Korea?
Rumors abound about the hermit kingdom.
Miracle of the Tsunami
Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, an Indonesian family is reunited.
The Chopping Houses
Fears of witchcraft leave a trail of dismembered bodies in Buenaventura, Colombia.
"You Have Thousands of Angels Around You"
A refugee survives the Rwandan genocide and finds a future in Atlanta.
From Africa to Kent: Following in the Footsteps of Migrants
Tracing the steps of migrants from the Middle East and Africa to the Kent countryside.
The Foreign Spell
To be a foreigner is to be perpetually detached, but it is also to be continually surprised.
The Longform Guide to Cuba
A collection of picks about exile, defection, revolution, and the country’s future.
Degrees of Danger
On the labor conditions behind branches of NYU, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi.
The Chinese Government Is Getting Rich Selling Cigarettes
How the China National Tobacco Corp., which manufactures 2.5 trillion cigarettes per year, came to make more money than Apple.
The Making of a Narco State
Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.
Welcome to Paradise
The effects of legalized prostitution in Germany.
Who Is Zwarte Piet?
A holiday tradition in the Netherlands involving blackface has sparked a debate about race, the legacy of slavery, and the vestiges of colonialism.
The Limits of Jurisdiction
Kidnapping and international adoption.
I Was a Greek Neo-Fascist
Inside Greece’s far-right movement.
The Jihad Cult: Why Young Germans Are Answering Call to Holy War
More than 500 Germans, including a former rapper named Deso Dogg, have joined ISIS in Syria.
