FORECASTING
As David Foster Wallace’s behemoth of a novel turns 20, its literary excellence is now being matched by its prescience on everything from binge-watching to earbuds.
Roja Heydarpour is a former editor at The Daily Beast. She has reported for the The New York Times and The Times-Tribune.
In the last decade, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil got married, got divorced, came out of the closet, and talked to Oprah Winfrey—and now, he's spreading awareness about a spreading HIV crisis in India.
IN THE SHADOWS
Eerie links are cropping up between the Long Island serial killer's victims. Christine Pelisek talks to the family and boyfriend of Melissa Barthelemy about her final hours.
COLD CASES
Relatives of the prostitutes found dead on Long Island talk about calls from the alleged killer, finding each other on Facebook, and why they'll be at the crime scene in June.
Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International, an organization that helps women survivors of war, shared the story of her childhood and the maid who she also called sister.
Brutal crackdowns, disguised riot police, and blocked websites weren't enough to stop tens of thousands of Iranians from flooding the streets Monday, inspired by Egypt and Tunisia. Omid Memarian and Roja Heydarpour on their surprising resurgence.
As political unrest shakes Egypt, the Iranian government has quietly hanged at least 73 people in recent weeks in what may be an effort to discourage new uprisings in Tehran. Omid Memarian and Roja Heydarpour on the secret prisons and brewing backlash.
The shah of Iran’s son took his life Tuesday, a decade after his sister died from an overdose. Omid Memarian and Roja Heydarpour on the family heartbreak and what it means for Iran. Plus, Stephen Kinzer reports on the death of the prince.
Amy Homan McGee was killed by her abusive husband while her kids waited in the car. A new documentary about her is now a case study of what not to do about domestic violence, says Roja Heydarpour.
The worst part about Juan Williams’ statement wasn’t his appalling bigotry. It was his complete ignorance of how terrorists operate.