What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
by Kathryn Schulz
Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it?
What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
by Kathryn Schulz
Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it?
Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away
by Sarah Stillman
A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison.
China’s Age of Malaise
by Evan Osnos
Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world?
The Next Targets for the Group That Overturned Roe
by David D. Kirkpatrick
Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws—and is going after trans rights.
The Villa Where a Doctor Experimented on Children
by Margaret Talbot
As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was confined to a mysterious institution in Innsbruck. Decades later, she learned why.
The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai
by Heidi Blake
As the emirate’s ruler espoused gender equality, four royal women staked their lives on escaping his control.
The Covert Mission to Solve a Mexican Journalist’s Murder
by Melissa del Bosque
After the death of a reporter who investigated narcopolitics, her colleagues formed a secret collective to bring the killers to justice—and challenge a culture of impunity.
The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign
by David D. Kirkpatrick
Rumors destroyed Hazim Nada’s company. Then hackers handed him terabytes of files exposing a covert campaign against him—and the culprit wasn’t a rival but an entire country.
At Qatar’s World Cup, Where Politics and Pleasure Collide
by Sam Knight
The first ten days were soccer as it is, rather than as you want it to be.
How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle
by Ava Kofman
It began as a visionary notion—that patients could die with dignity at home. Now it’s a twenty-two-billion-dollar industry plagued by exploitation.