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A Reporter at Large

Escape from Khartoum

A family of nine’s desperate attempt to find safety in Sudan.

Twelve Migrants Sharing a Queens Apartment

In New York City, a shadow economy helps new arrivals find a place to sleep. Sometimes it’s just a bed and a curtain.

Starved in Jail

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away

When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate Sean Williams?

The End of Children

Birth rates are crashing around the world. Should we be worried?

The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.

The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis

The ranks of the American armed forces are depleted. Is the problem the military or the country?

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Braces for the Second Trump Age

David Lammy used to be an arch-critic of Donald Trump. Can he deal with the new Administration and reset the U.K.’s relationship with the E.U. at the same time?

How Religious Schools Became a Billion-Dollar Drain on Public Education

A nationwide movement has funnelled taxpayer money to private institutions, eroding the separation between church and state.

On TikTok, Every Migrant Is Living the American Dream

Many people from the Andes have settled in New York. They face tremendous difficulties, but their online posts glamorize their lives, drawing others northward.