Digitizing the CIA

Director John Brennan has put the CIA through a historic restructuring to cope with the era of digital warfare, provoking broad complaints inside the agency.

Putin's Russia

Moscow is reanimating multiple Soviet-built facilities in Crimea, building new bases and stationing soldiers there.

Fields of Debt

Before the grain price crash, many farmers borrowed big to expand. Now, tales of agrarian hubris and family desperation are piling up in the Midwest.

Suspect Stats

Officials in Manila say data being used to support President Duterte’s anti-drug campaign is flawed. That affects how many people end up on dreaded hit lists.

Justice in the dock

After the military took power, 75 judges called for a return to democracy. Three years on, nearly half have been removed from office.