Tragedy Made Steve Kerr See the World Beyond the Court

How the Golden State Warriors coach’s worldview was shaped by his family’s time in Beirut and the assassination of his father, Malcolm Kerr, while serving as the president of American University of Beirut in 1984.

Published: Dec 23, 2016
Length: 23 minutes (5,872 words)

The Trials of a Boxing Romantic

Many people can’t believe that a talented, widely published sports writer makes his living by giving boxing lessons in Central Park. But Brin­-Jonathan Butler is for real. You can see for yourself, and like the boxers he writes about, he fights to get by.

Published: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2,206 words)

Heat, Hunger and War Force Africans Onto a ‘Road on Fire’

Climate change has made subsistence farming nearly impossible for West Africans living in hot and arid regions, forcing many of them to leave their homes and become migrants in search of a way to make a living.

Published: Dec 15, 2016
Length: 12 minutes (3,174 words)

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

Photojournalist Daniel Berehulak documents the killings of dozens of people as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines. (Warning: graphic images of violence.)

Published: Dec 8, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,500 words)

Artists and Their Muse: Gentrification

A round-up profile on artists in New York City who are negatively affected by gentrification, recognize their role in it, and make art about it.

Published: Dec 2, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2,289 words)

For Deaf Tennis Player, Sound Is No Barrier

South Korea’s Lee Duck-hee is 18 years old and ranked 143rd in the world in a sport where hearing the ball is considered crucial.

Published: Nov 22, 2016
Length: 13 minutes (3,480 words)

Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President

How the president-elect is already mixing personal business with leading the United States.

Published: Nov 28, 2016
Length: 27 minutes (6,977 words)

Billionaires vs. the Press in the Era of Trump

A look at how deep pockets and expensive libel suits allow billionaires like Donald Trump and Peter Thiel to hamper and threaten the free press in the United States.

Published: Nov 22, 2016
Length: 11 minutes (2,957 words)

An American in a Strange Land

After living abroad in cities like Beijing, New Delhi, and Rome and watching the United States from afar for more than a decade, correspondent Jim Yardley returns to find a country he doesn’t recognize.

Published: Nov 4, 2016
Length: 24 minutes (6,007 words)

Latina Hotel Workers Harness Force of Labor and of Politics in Las Vegas

A look into the lives of Culinary Union members ─ the 57,000 largely Latino workers who clean Vegas hotel rooms ─ who are an increasingly powerful Democratic force.

Author: Dan Barry
Published: Nov 6, 2016
Length: 6 minutes (1,551 words)