50 of Our Best

Our coverage of the Islamic State showed how it has institutionalized sex slavery, and sought recruits in the United States and other countries like Britain. A Times correspondent was injured in a helicopter crash in Kurdistan and dictated her story from the hospital. A video profiled a survivor of an Islamic State massacre.

Two armies of physicists struggle to close in on the Higgs boson, the Great White Whale of modern science. This was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2014.

This three-part series and video examined the life of one of hockey’s most feared fighters, Derek Boogaard, who was exposed to repeated head trauma and brought down by deadly drug addiction. Finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

After Edward Snowden’s disclosure of extensive, secret government surveillance programs, the editorial board condemned overuse and abuse of the Patriot Act and called for its restriction or repeal.

Our reporters spent months delving into the causes of the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. Videos captured the events themselves.

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? This interactive feature was one of the most popular in The Times’s digital history.

Our political coverage offered insight, analysis and sophisticated data-crunching. Here is coverage of the 2015 debates and the 2014 midterm elections.

An investigation into how Wal-Mart used bribery to dominate the market in Mexico. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2013.

David Carr, who died in February, was our media columnist and an important voice in journalism. He was a posthumous finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year, and we’re sponsoring a fellowship to honor him.

America and the world, a decade after 9/11.

Our staff provided courageous front-line reporting and compelling human stories on Ebola in Africa, including this powerful video. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize this year.

Separately, Daniel Berehulak won a Pulitzer Prize for his gripping photos of the epidemic.

Inside the 50-year campaign to roll back the Voting Rights Act. President Obama himself responded to the article.

This series delved into business practices by Apple and other technology companies, showing the darker side of a changing global economy. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2013.

The former president reviews the latest installment of Robert Caro’s seminal biographical series on another president, Lyndon B. Johnson.

Our Metro staff blanketed the New York region to cover Hurricane Sandy, one of the deadliest natural disasters in the city. One year later, Times Documentaries looked back.

An evocative multimedia narrative about skiers killed in an avalanche and the science that explains such disasters. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2013.

A five-part series explored the life of a homeless girl in New York City.

A visual tour of Camp X-Ray, with its kennel-like cages that were used for about four months when Guantánamo opened.

How Amazon is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions. With many readers describing personal work experiences, this story received more comments than any in our digital history.

An investigation into unexplained deaths of developmentally disabled people in New York group homes. Finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

Our coverage of the quake included an exploration of mistakes concealed by the authorities. A graphic showed the scope of the damage. Finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

Behind the scenes of T Magazine’s photo shoots with some of the biggest names in entertainment, fashion, design — and photography.

A series that explained how the nation’s wealthiest citizens and corporations often exploit loopholes and avoided taxes. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

The Op-Ed columnist reports from dangerous scenes around the world. In Sudan this year, he wrote about the bombing of civilians and a toddler’s death in a foxhole. A haunting video accompanied the columns. Finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

Our legendary fashion photographer Bill Cunningham spotted and distilled the latest trends.

Our coverage — World Cup, Oscars, Super Bowl, Olympics and Fashion Week — gave you a front-row seat.

This interactive, multimedia feature combines video with a photo archive and photos from readers of their homes, tracing the history of vertical dwelling from the ancient world to today’s soaring cities.

This series showed how relatives of top Chinese officials amassed vast wealth through businesses closely entwined with the state. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2013.

NYT Now, our iPhone app, offered a new way to read the news on your phone. NYT Cooking is an innovative recipe discovery site.

A series of editorials tracked the progress of transgender rights in the United States and the challenges that still remain. Readers shared hundreds of their own stories.

These stories exposed preferential police treatment for Florida State University football players accused of sexual assault and other offenses. Finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.

The words of the late neurologist Oliver Sacks speak for themselves in his final op-ed for The Times: “And now, weak, short of breath, my once-firm muscles melted away by cancer, I find my thoughts, increasingly, not on the supernatural or spiritual, but on what is meant by living a good and worthwhile life — achieving a sense of peace within oneself.” (Here is his obituary.)

The Times won two Pulitzer Prizes for photography in 2014: Tyler Hicks for his pictures of the unfolding terrorist attack at a mall in Nairobi, and Josh Haner for documenting a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.

The Upshot, which analyzes data to explain important issues, showed that the American middle class was no longer the world’s richest. It created an index of economic diversity at top colleges, and graphics that let readers take part in the coverage.

The story of the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban after crusading for female education.

One of our most popular stories of the year.

The definitive obituary.

Startling reports on famine and conflict in a neglected but strategically important part of the world. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

This two-part investigation showed how manicurists are routinely underpaid and exploited, and endure ethnic bias and other abuse.

Michael Kimmelman offered a review — and stunning visual tour — of the new Whitney Museum in New York City. Manohla Dargis examined how the movie industry depicts, casts and appeals to women. Ms. Dargis was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2013 and again this year.

An investigation into the explosion in lobbying of state attorneys general by corporate interests. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize this year.

The annual list from our Travel section, with an assist from readers who offered recommendations for each destination.

An analysis of satellite images reveals vast devastation in cities across Syria from civil war.

More than a thousand refugees have died trying to reach Christmas Island. But faced with unbearable conditions at home, they keep coming.

An employee of Goldman Sachs marked his resignation with an op-ed taking the firm to task for a “toxic and destructive” pursuit of profit.

Raw videos have thoroughly shaken policing in America.

The unit best known for killing Osama bin Laden has been converted into a global manhunting machine with limited outside oversight.

How did you respond to these works? What are some other stories from the past few years that moved you? Please send replies to million@nytimes.com.