As the summer months stretched into fall, Justin Edwards would sometimes bump into the man wanted for his attempted murder.

Decades after the company tried to tackle sexual misconduct at two Chicago plants, harassment and assault continues.

A team of researchers at Columbia believe that small changes to college life could make campuses safer.

On the dangerous state of U.K. banks—“an existential threat to British democracy, a more serious one than terrorism, either external or internal”—and how it can be fixed.

Music writer Mark Fisher (who died this week) on the decline of Michael Jackson.

A profile of Steve Bannon — former naval officer and Goldman Sachs banker, executive chairman of Breitbart News, founding chairman of the Government Accountability Institute, and, as of yesterday, Donald Trump’s chief White House strategist.

Inside the worst U.S. maritime disaster in decades.

The FBI couldn’t find Ryan Eugene Mullen. Neither could a trio of private investigators. Only Michelle Gomez knew where to look.

A day in the life of Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum, in the wake of the sudden death of his wife when their daughter was four months old.

A holiday tradition in the Netherlands involving blackface has sparked a debate about race, the legacy of slavery, and the vestiges of colonialism.

The rise and murderous fall of the Harkey family, the scions of a pecan dynasty.

A profile of Jenny Offill, whose latest novel addresses climate collapse.

For decades, the lead actor at an acclaimed storefront Chicago theater beat, groped, and choked his female co-stars in front of audiences, while manipulating them into coercive relationships offstage.

A profile of Anita Sarkeesian, who has recieved death threats as she exposes misogyny in the $25 billion video game industry.

A case of mistaken identity and the incarceration of an innocent man.

The screaming ambassador to the sidewalks of New York City.

We think of the character as lithe and slim as the actors who’ve played him. But Shakespeare might not have intended him to be that way.

On the future of personal taste.

Celebrity, bottle service, and Tiger Woods’ unintentional introduction of “halfway hooker” into the American lexicon.

The life of Kimi Peck, a former screenwriter, once married to Gregory Peck’s son, who turned to “saving” stray dogs.

What the experiences of nonmonogamous couples can tell us about jealousy, love, desire and trust.

Two days with a group of white nationalists in Kentucky.

The singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. That doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.

The US election as witnessed by 25 reporters in 23 countries.

On living without memories.