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Riots in Athens, the shadowy Vatopaidi monastery, and a quarter million dollars in debt for every citizen. Welcome to Greece.

A fight that has nothing to do with gun control is ripping through the grieving community.

The world’s largest jewelry retailer was a cesspool of harassment and unfair treatment of women who worked there.

“The key differentiator of Super-Aggregators is that they have three-sided markets: users, content providers (which may include users!), and advertisers. Both content providers and advertisers want the user’s attention, and the latter are willing to pay for it.”

The untold story of Alek Minassian, a year after the deadliest mass murder in Toronto history

A graveyard, a stutter, and Ray-Bans.

A conversation.

Skiing and partying at the sport’s most dangerous race.

Three teenage boys decide to set sail after a night of drinking. They go missing for 51 days.

In three decades of advocating for prison abolition, the activist and scholar has helped transform how people think about criminal justice.

How coach Gregg Popovich’s love of fine wine led to a 20-year run of success in the NBA.

Last fall, when the deadliest blaze in America in a century blew through Northern California, thousands of people—including those in the tiny community of Helltown—were forced to flee. This is the story of four friends who stayed to fight.

The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.

The Ceasefire Babies was what they called us. Those too young to remember the worst of the terror because we were either in nappies or just out of them when the Provisional IRA ceasefire was called. I was four, Jonny was three. We were the Good Friday Agreement generation, destined to never witness the horrors of war but to reap the spoils of peace. The spoils just never seemed to reach us.

The organization’s leadership is focused on external threats, but the real crisis is of its own making.

Interviews with a receptionist, a factory worker, and others about life on the job.

Two struggling friends attempt to document a lake monster.

How a night of drunken mischief led to the death of a rare endangered fish and a rare prosecution.

It’s much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think.

More than 250 people have died since 2011 taking pictures of themselves in dangerous locations.

In 2005, the painting sold at auction for $1,000. Its most recent price? $450 million.

What happened when Pete Buttigieg tore down houses in Black and Latino South Bend.

The U.S. military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise.

Navigating the sewers of London and summiting the peaks of Paris with a group of urban explorers.