Best of 2021: Features

Under the shadow of the Israeli separation wall, one man’s quest to find his son.

Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. New York City’s 65,000 delivery workers have only themselves to count on. They’ve improvised solutions, like bridge patrol to protect themselves from attacks, to make their jobs feasible.

In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them, Anand Gopal writes.

Two women gave birth on the same day in a place called Come By Chance. They didn’t know each other, and never would. Half a century later, their children made a shocking discovery.

In the north Bronx, a small group of elite Ethiopian runners struggle to survive. The persecution they fled was far more harrowing.

Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11