The tiny thing that unravels your world.

Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell — many stories, in fact.

How do you count almost 12 million votes if you’re not the government?

A colossal effort to un-tame a whale and send him back to the ocean.

We talk to people who helped make Trump's victory happen and some who are looking to what’s next.

A wee flame, flickering in the dark.

Thirteen parole board members decide whether or not one man should be released from prison.

Abbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing they want.

Chen Almog-Goldstein tells the story of life as a hostage in Gaza.

One kid comes to America as an exchange student and commits herself to the senior year experience.

People trying and struggling to see what another person sees. 

We spend a few days at the Iowa State Fair.

When the best—and perhaps only—way to say something is to write it down.

In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?

People rethinking some of the most important relationships in their lives.

Boen Wang goes back to a day that changed the course of his family's story.

In Rafah, Yousef is out of options and faces his toughest move yet.

Trump has a plan for his second term: retribution. We check in with the people who’ve crossed him.

People tethered to one particular other person, whether they want to be or not.

How they organize the chaos of the world, for good and for bad.

The trial for the men accused of orchestrating the September 11 terrorist attacks still hasn’t started yet. 

Majid believed that if he could testify in court about what happened to him at a CIA black site, he would be given a break. Was he right?

People taking it upon themselves to solve the tiny, overlooked crimes of the world.

The things we break and the ones we can't fix.

People waking up to the fact that the world has suddenly changed.

A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza about what he and his family are experiencing.

Your mother and I have something we want to talk with you about.

An investigation of when and why people ask loaded questions that are a proxy for something else.

What it means to have words—and to lose them.

People finding themselves in situations that are worse than they thought and deciding to really go with it.