Metal-Mouths
Eighty percent of North American teenagers are in the care of an orthodontist. On our obsession with perfect teeth.
This is Rikers
Voices from the inside of New York City’s infamous jail.
Everything Is Yours, Everything Is Not Yours
A Rwandan refugee grows up in America.
‘They’re Trying to Be King of the Mormons’
Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman were friends. Until they weren’t.
Revenge Killing
The death of an infant lands his father on death row in Louisiana.
“I Thought You Would Help Me”
On immigration detainees in the United Kingdom, and the suffering that lands them in detention.
The Surprisingly Imperfect Science of DNA Testing
Juries trust DNA. But should they?
“I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium”
A life with bipolar disorder.
“They Saw An Anointed One”
The life of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, killed in Charleston.
Business History Politics Tech
A World Without Work
If jobs as we’ve known them for a century are going away, what will replace them?
ISIS and the Lonely Young American
An isolated 23-year-old Sunday school teacher living with her grandparents makes a new group of friends online who mail her chocolates and cash.
Revenge of the Nerds
On Taylor Swift’s passive-aggressive lyrics, the life of the writer, and the pain of middle school.
The Man Who Jumped Out of the Window
In 1952, Abe Feller, the U.N.’s first General Counsel, jumped to his death. More than 50 years later, his great nephew tries to figure out why.
“That’s What I Felt This Week: An Open Heart.”
The president’s eulogy for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney.
Broken Boys, Thieves, Killers, and Now Escapees
The truncated, violent lives of Richard Matt and David Sweat before their prison escape.
The Geek Syndrome
Autism and Silicon Valley.
Who Owns the Dead?
Inside the home funeral movement.
Introducing Caitlyn Jenner
Bruce Jenner says goodbye.
The Everlasting Forrest Fenn
He decided to bury a box of treasure in the desert. Why?
Under Cover of Darkness, Female Janitors Face Rape and Assault
An investigation.
This Is How Uber Takes Over a City
The ride-share company has 250 lobbyists and 29 lobbying firms registered in capitols around the nation, a third more than Wal-Mart Stores. Among other things.
The Man Who Sleeps in Hitler’s Bed
Kevin Wheatcroft owns the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. And he’s suddenly eager to show it off.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Delivery"
A pizza deliverer/calculus whiz becomes involved in the lives of two unstable college students.
"I licked my thumb, outside, by the car, and ran it over the suction cups, before I slapped the marquee to the top of my cobalt blue Toyota. The pizzas were already sitting in the passenger seat, cardboard mouths smiling. I was conscious, despite Walter’s assertion, that I was operating under the tick of a clock, an invisible, indefinite deadline. Really, we all are. But no one realizes how soon it’s coming."
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Who Set Jessica Chambers on Fire? The Internet Is Trying to Find Out
A murder case in Mississippi catches the eye of amateur sleuths on Facebook, who proceed to harass everyone involved in the case.
