The Strange, Sad Quest to Match a Severed, Embalmed Head with its Story
The embalmed head found in the woods defied logic. It had been carefully preserved yet carelessly discarded, and appeared almost alive. But who was she and where was her body?
The Haunting Link Between Two Mass Shootings
Forty years and 500 miles apart, two friends are linked as mass shooting victims.
A Survivor’s Life
Cheyeanne Fitzgerald, 16, was the youngest person shot in a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Though the community is moving on, the trauma has continued to affect Cheyeanne and her family.
Telling JJ
How a ten-year-old learns that she has HIV.
Go to Sleep
Homeless and searching for a bus driver named Mr. Wonderful: An award-winning 2005 Washington Post story by DeNeen L. Brown.
A Back-Aching, Coffee-Guzzling, Minivan-Driving Classic Rocker
A profile of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.
The Power Brokers
How the Clintons built their foundation into a $2 billion global empire.
Behind the Headlines
How a doggedly obsessed 71-year-old investigative reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter.
Town Waiting for an Eruption Found It After Firing Its First Black Police Officer
In the fall of 2013, Gerry Pickens became Orting, Washington’s first black policeman. He didn’t last there for very long.
The Human Upgrade
How tech billionaires are using money and data to solve for death.