The writer investigates her brother’s death, their complicated relationship, and the disturbing mysteries he left behind.

On Toyin Salau’s disappearance and death.

For many trans people, getting gender-affirming surgery can be life saving. But a complicated and quickly expanding system can sometimes leaves patients feeling left behind.

Kross cuts through the moans and shouts from off-camera: “Someone go wide!” She’s telling the cameramen to make sure they are adequately capturing the reverse gang bang of Ferrara—the love of her life.

“This baby was unviable, basically. That’s what they say. They say that the baby is ‘incompatible with life.’”

Everything seemed routine. The technician finished up and left the room. The soundtrack of our baby’s heartbeat played an upbeat tempo in the background. A few minutes went by and the technician came back, letting us know she would take a few more pictures of his head for a clearer look. That sounded reasonable. She left again, this time for longer, and when she returned a doctor wearing a white lab coat walked in behind her looking very serious and shut the door.

Searching for the star behind Dlisted.

“They think of us as pests, so they are trying to drive us out of our homes, for what is the Republican drive for our self-deportation if not a plan of fumigation?”

An investigation into the aftermath of an allegation.

How the Christian film industry works.

Who is this person?

From chart-topper to cautionary tale in three years.

On affirmative action at the University of Texas, the essence of privilege, and getting what you deserve.

This job—writing college essays for Abigail Fishers—was the only job I have ever been truly ashamed of, and I am so ashamed of it now that it hurts.

Inside a pageview scam.

Ex-members say it’s a cult preying on young creative women in New York. Its leader — a man who goes by International Scherick, compares himself to Jesus, and charges $200 minimum — says he’s empowering his clients to be successful in life and love.

“He was untouchable, or he thought he was. But that era is over, for all those guys.”

What it was like to report on feminism for Playboy in 1969.

The story of freelance journalist Anna Therese Day.

“Word choice is hard here. Should we say “raped” automatically if a grown man has sex with a teenager? Does it matter at all if the 15-year-old, now much older, describes their encounter as one of the best nights of her life? What is our word for a ‘yes’ given on a plane that’s almost vertically unequal? Does contemporary morality dictate that we trust a young woman when she says she consented freely, or believe that she couldn’t have, no matter what she says?”

On feminism and the limitations of outrage online.

A UVA alum goes back for the first rush week since the Rolling Stone story.

The unraveling of Lisa Frank, Inc.

One year later, a dispatch from Steubenville.

The investigation that brought down K2 Productions.