M. Gessen

The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.

By M. Gessen

The columnist M. Gessen sits down with the writer Harriet Clark to talk through the complexity of maintaining relationships with family members who have done unthinkable things.

By M. Gessen, Harriet Clark and Jillian Weinberger

With Allen set to be released in a few years, M. wonders if he will be able to come back into the family fold.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

M. and Allen finally speak. M. develops a theory of the case. Or one of Allen, at least.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

M. attends Allen’s trial in San Francisco, where undercover recordings reveal how Allen’s plan to get Priscilla deported from the U.S. turned into a murder-for-hire plot.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

Allen’s ex-wife, Priscilla, tells M. about the lengths she has had to go to reunite with her son. M. is shocked.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

The New York Times writer M. Gessen always disliked their younger cousin Allen. But then he did something so bad, even M. was surprised – and they realized they didn’t know Allen at all.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

Compassion has its limits when it comes to your own cousin.

By M. Gessen, Daniel Guillemette, Andrey Borzenko and Lika Kremer of Libo/Libo Studios, Julie Snyder, Allison Leyton-Brown, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Phoebe Wang and Catherine Anderson

Four years that changed everything.

By M. Gessen and Mila Teshaieva

Don’t lose focus on the victims.

By M. Gessen, Lydia Polgreen and Stephen Stromberg