Longform

The rise, and rise, of bee mortality in America.

Surfing San Francisco with a true believer.

It was the failed dream of the heir to the Frank-o-Matic sausage-link machinery fortune.

“The central conflict of domestic life right now is not men versus women, mothers versus fathers. It is family versus money.”

“In an industry in which millions of people are invested in his success – in which he’s constantly being advised, praised and berated, often by total strangers – Revis’ tranquillity might be his greatest asset. He isn’t just an island. He’s a fortress.”

The life and politics of Joan Didion.

The tale of the first conviction overturned on faulty arson science.

The Chinese want to steal our genetically-engineered grain secrets. Why?

On the 1915 hanging of Leo Frank in Marietta, Georgia.

How an Italian businessman facing fraud charges and a Brazilian politician turned a billion dollar project to build the high speed Rio-São Paulo rail line into a farce.

The roots and effects of a biker shootout at the Twin Peaks in Waco, Texas.

Confessions of a presidential campaign reporter.

What happens to the people who film famous incidents of police violence.

Amazon, America’s most valuable retailer, is “conducting a little-known experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers, redrawing the boundaries of what is acceptable.”

The stories of four women whose children joined the Islamic State.

“Whenever news of yet another horrifying murder or massacre somewhere in the country breaks, my friends and I often find ourselves asking if Mexico has 'hit bottom' yet... But some crimes move or frighten us in ways we hadn’t anticipated, and the Colonia Narvarte massacre is one of those.”

Hanging out with one of America’s most hated pundits.

Observations at the dawn of an epidemic.

A man had a gift for teaching people to beat the polygraph. Now he’s going to prison.

The story of H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer.

The difference between being African and being African-American.

The system of organized sexual slavery at the heart of ISIS.

A trip to the country turns into nightmare beset by mysterious creatures and body transformations.

"When we went over to look at the creature, it was mostly flattened. It looked like a crow, except the feathers had fallen off its back. Underneath, the flesh was scaly and pink. The exposed skin was split in half by a row of translucent spikes. The spikes were moving slightly, pointing first in this direction, then in that. The smell made me wrinkle my nose. It was an oddly sweet smell to find outdoors, like an open vat of lollipop flavoring."

Catching up with N.W.A’s controversial former manager.