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.
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.
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.
‘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.)
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.
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.
Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President
How the president-elect is already mixing personal business with leading the United States.
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.
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.
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.