The Great Read

The football player Michael Oher believes his early life was misrepresented by the Oscar-winning movie and the book it was based on.

By Michael Sokolove

Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry’s eye. Nine years later, he’s still working on it.

By Jackson Ryan

America’s favorite fighting Frenchman arrived for a farewell tour in 1824. A yearlong commemoration kicks off this week, and the country’s pre-eminent “Lafayette” is ready.

By Jennifer Schuessler and Jason Andrew

Doctors in Canada have identified dozens of patients with similar, unexplained symptoms — a scientific puzzle that has now become a political maelstrom.

By Greg Donahue

Sean Stellato rocketed to fame through a mix of outlandish clothes, an outsize personality and an embrace of the N.F.L.’s underdogs. He is sticking with what worked.

By Eve Peyser

The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.

By Graham Bowley and Seamus Hughes

The founder of The Free Press has built a new media empire by persuading audiences that she is a teller of dangerous truths.

By Matt Flegenheimer

(The storied ocean liner, that is.)

By Jesse Pesta

Candice and Brandon Miller showed the public a world of glittering parties and vacations. The money to sustain it did not exist.

By Katherine Rosman

Did Dr. Alok Kanojia’s livestreamed conversations with a troubled video game champion cross an ethical line?

By Ellen Barry