The Boards
A Half Century of Sondheim Collaborations
Paul and Alex Gemignani, a father-and-son conductor-singer duo, kibbitz about their long-running engagement with the composer in “the house that ‘Gypsy’ built.â€
by D. T. Max
A Reporter at Large
The Making of the Fox News White House
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
by Jane Mayer
A Reporter at Large
The Jail Health-Care Crisis
The opioid epidemic and other public-health emergencies are being aggravated by failings in the criminal-justice system.
by Steve Coll
Letter from Oklahoma
The Oil-Pumping Adventures of Rachael Van Horn
After witnessing a bombing in Iraq, the Army Reserves veteran and newspaper columnist decided to work through her P.T.S.D. in the fields of the Panhandle.
by Ian Frazier
A Reporter at Large
A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Can a controversial young entrepreneur rid the ocean of plastic trash?
by Carolyn Kormann
Personal History
The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives
On a Presidential paper trail.
by Robert A. Caro
A Reporter at Large
The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.
by Jake Halpern
Letter from Beijing
China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check
As part of “stability maintenance,†people the state considers troublemakers may be sent to jail—or sent on vacation.
by Jianying Zha
A Critic at Large
The Contested Legacy of Atticus Finch
Harper Lee’s beloved father figure became a talking point during the Kavanaugh hearings and is now coming to Broadway. Is he still a hero?
by Casey Cep
Reflections
How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet
With wildfires, heat waves, and rising sea levels, large tracts of the earth are at risk of becoming uninhabitable. But the fossil-fuel industry continues its assault on the facts.
by Bill McKibben