History’s largest mining operation is about to begin. It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.

The politics of the Federal Reserve.

An interview with F. Lee Bailey about his 60 years of celebrity trials.

A confrontation with masculinity gone awry.

Can a good mother abandon her child?

As a nation unwinds, Leopoldo López, the opposition’s most prominent leader, sits under house arrest and contemplates what might still be possible.

How dangerous is the media company that Steve Bannon called “the platform for the alt-right”?

Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.

The legendary artist has radically upended his distinctive style of portraiture—and his entire life. Why?

Why last night’s chicken made you sick.

In what will likely be his last political act, Willie Nelson declares war on corporate marijuana.

Searching for sanctuary with American war deserters.

The shame of family detention camps on the U.S. border.

How the author writes best-selling non-fiction books without the ability to leave her house.

Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in U.S. history, the battle continues to bring the missing men home.

On an artist who’s spent nearly 50 years bending the rules of space and light, and his life’s work, an extinct volcano in Arizona where he has been developing a network of tunnels and underground rooms since 1974.

On the gentle art of pipe smoking.

The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains.

How Craig Venter’s bugs might save the world.

Ten years after anthrax attacks, biodefense is busted.

On the life of an American soldier AWOL in Canada.

What happened to Air France Flight 447?

A profile of Eric Holder.

What went wrong with nuclear power?

Dr. Tom Coburn is a United States Senator. He doesn’t want your vote.