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The true tale of a bodybuilder turned social media influencer who built an illicit empire.

On tourism and authenticity.

In defense of fiction.

From the beginning, Intuit recognized that its success depended on two parallel missions: stoking innovation in Silicon Valley while stifling it in Washington. Indeed, employees ruefully joke that the company’s motto should actually be “compromise without integrity.”

The mentalist’s manipulation techniques give people too sophisticated to believe in the paranormal something quasi-scientific to hang on to.

Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins says he owes his career to his mom. When you hear her remarkable story of survival, you’ll understand his devotion.

How digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big attack will be even harder to crack.

Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source—until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.

A violinist's intersection of talent, music, and desire.

Twenty years ago my hometown made national headlines when the local college staged an internationally acclaimed play about gay men and the AIDS crisis. The people I grew up with are still feeling the aftershocks.

How Aja Newman’s trip to the emergency room uncovered the abusive behavior of “rock star” physician David Newman, who ultimately pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual abuse against his patients.

Welcome to Coffeyville, Kansas, where the judge has no law degree, debt collectors get a cut of the bail, and Americans are watching their lives — and liberty — disappear in the pursuit of medical debt collection.

Thomas Joshua Cooper risks his life to document the world’s remotest places.

The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution.

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?

As ISIS retreats, new horrors emerge for a Sunni family.

How NBC killed its Weinstein story.

On sleep deprivation in the NBA.

Cycling through relapse and recovery, and the industry that enables both.

A visit to a colonial debutante ball in Texas, where girls wear hundred-pound dresses and pretend to be Martha Washington.

Inside an international Mormon ticket reselling ring.

The largest crowdfunding site in the world puts up a mirror to who we are and what matters most to us. Try not to look away.

After the Christchurch mosque shootings, New Zealand was stunned to silence. But only momentarily.

A circle of young black playwrights is doing some of the most vital work in American theater. And Perry is at its center.