American anti-trafficking groups often make impossible-to-verify claims. Now, they’re doing it in the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A profile of the gymnast.

The U.S. military openly admitted to killing Somali civilians but won’t return their emails or issue reparations.

For one writer, “Hot Vax Summer” is a slow climb.

Last year an antique Depression-era neon sign was excavated in Pasadena—but it dug up a troubling story along with it. On Nat King Cole, hot chicken, and Malibu’s racist past.

The episode that changed The Simpsons.

Some cops give their friends and family union-issued “courtesy cards” to help get them out of minor infractions. The cards embody everything wrong with modern policing.

Fear, control, and manipulation at Yoga to the People.

How do you tell the world you are grieving? In my case, it was a year-long Twitter thread about finding the things that made me feel better.

Exploring your subconscious during quarantine.

The families Dodger Stadium removed.

Independent “researchers” are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.

While searching for the person who grifted me in Chicago, I discovered just how easy it is for users of the short-term rental platform to get exploited.

Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.

The icon opens up about her mistakes, her family, and her journey to become a better person.

An East German weightlifter ingested more anabolic steroids than any other athlete in recorded history. It didn’t end well.

Four men stood on the edge of the Shenzhen Health and Family Planning Commission, threatening to jump in protest. They referred to themselves as “China’s 21st century eunuchs,” damaged by medically-dubious surgeries.

To understand Cam Newton, you need to go to a small church 45 minutes outside of Atlanta called Holy Zion Center of Deliverance and hear his dad preach.

Robert Vicino helps the rich prepare for doomsday.

The Maryland man who houses antique feminine hygiene products.

Ghost towns and nuclear waste sites are among what you find in the Nevada desert.

Members of the multiplicity community say they are many different people–sometimes so many they think of themselves as a city–all existing within one body.

One man’s quest to witness the “Bison Cull” in Yellowstone National Park.

The ramifications of a U.S. company’s tourism operation on former Maasai land.

A plague leads sea stars to tear off their own arms.