For decades, poppers have been the go-to sex drug for gay men. But where do they come from?

Brian Kelly, The Points Guy, has created an empire dedicated to maximizing credit-card rewards and airline miles. What are they worth in a global pandemic — and why are they worth anything at all?

Customer feedback on the New York City coke dealing industry.

A mid-boom critique of New York City’s high-priced, mostly glass condo buildings.

Lessons from the death of a venture-backed, Facebook-dependent, millennial-focused news site.

How pop-up tax preparers make billions off the poor.

A few Silicon Valley executives are experimenting with mortality. “I don’t want death to be such a downer,” says one.

A review of several books on Rupert Murdoch first criticizes the authors for not grasping the many sides of their subject, then offers a thesis of its own. He’s “not so much a man, or a cultural force, as a portrait of the modern world.”

Libertarian, futurist, billionaire: a profile of Peter Thiel.

On a company that provides fake paparazzi, pretend campaign supporters, and counterfeit protesters on demand.

Inside Steve Madden’s shoe empire.

Two men try to disrupt the gray market of Chinese death services.

Relations between two ice cream vendors in Oregon turn nasty.

“Deep down, he wants to be Madonna.”

The former Van Halen front man has actually made more money from booze and food than from music.

An immigrant from Lebanon, a hair-cutting fortune, and the dream of building a castle on an island in British Columbia.

The rewards and pitfalls of selling haunted objects.

When Elon Musk went to Russia to buy some rockets.

Utah has become the capital of the modern snake oil industry, with dozens of get-rich-quick schemes – also known as “multi-level marketing” – filling its office parks.

The travails of mattress salesmen on one of the busiest weekends of the year.

Worried about being kidnapped while on a business trip? A man in Florida teaches courses on how to avoid it.

The grim, racist methods of a New York City landlord.

Inside the mind of Marc Andreessen.

On keeping the place where ethically raised animals are killed open.