Edge of Evil

In a picturesque Lebanese town of retirees and Christians, nothing too bad ever seemed to happen. Then the Islamic State arrived.

Everybody Loves Walter

Ormond Beach was a place to dump bodies and toxic waste. Then a homeless man moved into a shipping container, and…

The Gravedigger of Kabul

When a suicide bomber explodes in Kabul, Khwaja Naqib Ahmad entombs both terrorists and victims.

Dark Tourism at the DMZ

Since the 1960s, the checkpoint separating North and South Korea has been a zoo — a dangerous zoo.

What I learned about Trump from reading Hitler

With so many people calling Donald Trump the next Adolf…

The Disappeared

In military-ruled Egypt, hundreds of young men have disappeared and turned up days or months later in prison. When Badara Sayed’s…

What is Latterly?

We’re all connected now. Latterly explores these connections, but not just out of…

Syrian Women: Efforts and Ambitions to Cope in Turkey

So your business imploded…

I answered all the questions pretty well, but there was one that made me stumble:

Captive in Somalia

Michael Scott Moore spent 977 days captive to Somali pirates. “I didn’t know how it would end,” he said.