Love in Exile
The Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a transgender woman who was imprisoned four years ago in Malawi for getting engaged to a man. Pardoned and freed, she now scrapes by living in exile in South Africa.
World
West End Boy
On Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik and the rise of Islamophobia in Norway.
The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel
A profile of the most powerful woman in the world.
The Ghosts of Bhopal
The lives of the Indians who were swallowed in the Bhopal gas cloud, thirty years later.
Stop Trying to Save the World
A longtime NGO worker on how big ideas end up hurting international aid.
My Last Day in Yemen
A journalist on the lingering effects of escaping a kidnapping.
The 'Caliphate's' Colonies: Islamic State's Gradual Expansion into North Africa
“The Jihad route leads from Tunisia via Tripoli into Turkey and on to Syria. Thousands have followed the path into Syria, and only a few have returned.”
Firestone and the Warlord
How a major American company helped bring Charles Taylor to power in Liberia.
Hell Is Other People
A report from the Central African Republic, where "acts of extraordinary cruelty have become commonplace."
Let’s Die Together
The rise of anonymous group suicide in Japan.
Inside the Vigilante Fight Against Boko Haram
On Nigeria’s citizen vigilantes who’ve banded together to fight Islamist terrorists.
The Myth of Chinese Super Schools
What the Chinese education system can teach America about relying on test scores as the main metric of success.
In Brazilian City, Homeless Face ‘Extermination’
In Goiânia, a city of 1.3 million in Brazil’s agricultural heartland, one in twenty homeless residents have been murdered in the last two years.
The Horror Before the Beheadings
Those who survived tell the story of twenty three ISIS hostages’ shared months of brutal captivity before some were ransomed and some executed.
Monaco Murders Reveal Six Hidden Real Estate Billionaires
Monaco’s richest woman was shot in ambush outside a hospital. Her heirs stand to inherit over a billion dollars each.
The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed
The grim world of outsourced content moderation.
Inside the Ebola Wars
The author of The Hot Zone on how geneticists can help contain the current outbreak.
My Terrifying Night With Afghanistan's Only Female Warlord
Inside the stronghold of Commander Pigeon, “collector of lost and exiled men.”
“If We Run and They Kill Us, So Be It. But We Have to Run Now.”
The Nigerian schoolgirls who escaped Boko Haram.
The Target
A profile of Malala Yousafzai, the young activist from Pakistan who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Lessons of Atmeh
The complexities of offering aid to a Syrian refugee camp.
George Clooney, South Sudan and How the World's Newest Nation Imploded
How celebrity-led humanitarian aid exacerbated a crisis.
The Woman Who Walked 10,000 Miles (No Exaggeration) in Three Years
Sarah Marquis’s very long hike.
The Uncatchable
He’s spent decades dodging the law. He’s escaped from jail twice by helicopter. He’s given millions to the poor. The story of how Vassilis Paleokostas, Greece’s most wanted man, became a folk hero.
“Your Future Is Very Dark”
On former CIA agent John T. Downey, who spent more than 20 years in China as the longest held American captive of war.
