Longform

Exploring the darkest corridors of the Internet.

"Here’s God’s truth about it: being a groupie wasn’t about sex, it was about access. I wanted to live in the stage life, dazzled by color and sound, constantly in motion, driven by excitement and power, loved by the stage lights, part of the story."

An army of Western luxury-lifestyle purveyors flock to China to teach the country’s new billionaires how to act rich.

Can a company best known for explaining Kanye West lyrics and telling Warren Buffett to do unseemly things actually annotate the world?

The residents of Green Bank, West Virginia, can’t use cell phones, wi-fi, or other modern technology due to a high-tech government telescope. Recently, this ban has made the town a magnet for so-called electrosensitives, and the locals aren’t thrilled to have them.

The promises and pitfalls of self-tracking devices and apps.

How ESPN anchor Stuart Scott battled cancer.

Stefan Simchowitz has supported dozens of emerging young artists. Why do so many people hate him?

The eccentric inhabitants of the world’s largest rock—Giant Rock, a humongous boulder deep in the Mojave Desert.

The pandemic of violence against women, the threats online, and the harassment on the streets are ongoing. But women’s voices assumed an unprecedented power in 2014.

The Bachelor’s host, Chris Harrison, is now a divorced bachelor himself. It turns out coaching single men is a lot easier than being one.

As the most famous helicopter news pilot in American history, Bob Tur prided himself on being the ultimate alpha male. Except all along, he knew he wasn’t.

The best-selling young novelist lay dead in a trash-strewn cottage on Ireland’s rugged coast for over a week before she was discovered.

The late governor’s most enduring speech.

On the artist’s portrayal of violence and humanity.

How the Border Patrol became America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.

The multiple stories behind an iconic college football photo.

A snitch comes clean.

We know the country music pioneer died New Year’s Eve, 1953. But how?

The stubborn Senator from Vermont considers a run for the White House.

On July 22, 2013, 66-year-old Gerry Largay began hiking a 32 mile section of the Appalachian Trail. She hasn’t been heard from since.

A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”

A personal reconstruction.