Long reads

When Raymond Dolphin became assistant principal of a middle school in Connecticut two years ago, it was clear to him that the kids were not all right. The problem was cellphones.

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Rodeo stars find purpose in navigating primal forces. None of them ever went harder than J.B. Mauney.

Column: Los Angeles, Portland and other progressive cities are still powered by faraway coal plants. We went to Montana to find out why.

As right-wing claims of indoctrination in public education surge, the story of two teachers explores what happens when such claims come from inside the classroom.

A Texas county that is ground zero in the feud between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the border has been overwhelmed responding to migrant deaths.

Women who took abortion pills in states where abortion is banned described experiencing deep anxiety and uncertainty about doing something they assumed was illegal.

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal.

Linda Wenhold absorbed the Patriot Academy’s message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a seat on her local Pennsylvania school board.

A movie star known for the Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’ got caught up in South Korea’s anti-drug fervor. He maintained his innocence until the end.

Bill Ackman used Wall Street tactics to oust Harvard’s first Black president, part of a wave of business leaders attacking diversity initiatives spurred by George Floyd’s death.

South Carolina teacher Mary Wood decided over the summer that she had to teach Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” again.

Goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. Prisoners who help produce these goods are excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers.

In a city mired in 2024 divisions, fans find hope — for their Lions, for their communities and beyond.

With their formative years scarred by pandemic and war, a generation of young Ukrainians now struggles to see a future for themselves.

Adeline Hambley’s employees at a county health department in Michigan saw her as their protection from political interference by conservative Christians on the county board. Then the board offered her $4 million to quit.

Sam Altman, Silicon Valley wunderkind behind ChatGPT, has led a life of contradictions. It’s cemented his place as a household name and led to drama at OpenAI.

Missouri in 2022 adopted legislation from the Cicero Institute that outlawed camping on state property, among other things. Cities felt the effects soon after.

The murdered pair were among 44 cannabis farm-related deaths identified by a Times investigation. All but five of the deceased were immigrants.

She loved books. And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that’s why this Florida librarian had to quit.

Four teachers in Washington’s Mukilteo School District wanted to protect students from a book they saw as outdated and harmful. The blowback was fierce.

Sierra Schuetz’s government job feeding the poor in conservative Ottawa County became a passion. Could it survive the suspicions that multiplied alongside covid?

As tourists return to West Maui after a deadly fire, some Hawaiians rethink what ‘aloha’ means and how much of it they have left to give to visitors.

The murders of her Osage relatives for their oil wealth still reverberate in the life of Margie Burkhart, granddaughter of a central character in the new movie.

Among people under 65, chronic illnesses erase more than twice as many years as overdoses, homicides, suicides and car accidents combined, a Washington Post examination found.