When Chad Baker died from a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin, prosecutors charged Tommy Kosto, his friend and fellow drug user, with killing him—a tactic from the Reagan-era war on drugs that is gaining popularity around the country and making today's opioid crisis even worse.

In each episode of Netflix's "I Am A Killer," a man on death row describes his crime. But for what purpose?

Why did Gao Chengyong rape and mutiliate 11 women—and why did he stop?

How the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories fought for—and ultimately turned against—a man wrongfully convicted

The latest in the heist series pays lip service to women's equality, but the gang can't quite get its message straight.

The trial of two crooked cops could mark a turning point for the broken department, despite Trump's indifference to the problem.

The most apocalyptic problem facing the nation is its mass-shooting epidemic.

The attorney general's recent claims about crime rates don't hold up to scrutiny.

Leïla Slimani's Prix Goncourt–winning novel hangs some fine social observations on a thin, sensationalized plot.

A wave of sexual misconduct revelations has sparked a cultural rebellion. But a political agenda is needed to effect lasting change.

My article about a bank's law-breaking during the housing crisis became a political football, obscuring the real issue at hand.

The bank is a serial corporate criminal that has screwed over millions of Americans. Here's what the government should do about it.

The congressman's controversial video from Auschwitz is a reminder that Trump is merely the figurehead of an increasingly extreme Republican Party.

Trump has caused a crisis in American democracy, and the minority party can't rely on "prosecutorial liberalism" to solve it.

Wednesday's shooting has prompted much handwringing about the state of the nation. But political violence and anger are embedded in America's DNA.

Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.