The author of True Grit on growing up in Arkansas during World War II.

Marketing research,the pre-Facebook history of ‘likeability,’ and why there will never be a ‘dislike’ button.

Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.

Idleness is not just a psychological necessity, req­uisite to the construction of a complete human being; it constitutes as well a kind of political space, a space as necessary to the workings of an actual democracy as, say, a free press.

The story of the meeting that led to the creation of ISIS, as explained by someone still on the inside.

A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth.

Applying big data analysis to Internet Adult Film Database, the IMDB of porn.

Violence convulses the city of Chicago after dark. Reporting on it leaves its own scars.

A small organic agave farmer stands firm against the collision of Big Agriculture and tequila.

An account of the 60 minutes after a heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden that left one boxer with permanent brain damage.

“Jon Corzine had never had anything to do with the futures business, had never run a public company, and hadn’t worked on Wall Street for a decade. His time there had ended badly. But by any reasonable standard, the former Goldman chief seemed almost embarrassingly overqualified. Says Flowers: ‘It seemed like we had more CEO than company.’”

The mutual hatred of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr., punctuated by great insults like “crypto-Nazi.”

A treatment for liver cancer gives the writer a fresh perspective on illness – and wellness.

Behind the scenes of a viral mash-up.

North Carolina’s Alexander County is a Southern Baptist stronghold. It’s also home to Mitchell Gold, an outspoken gay rights activist and the CEO of one of the region’s largest employers.

For years, Mark Zuckerberg has faced criticism that Facebook is bad for democracy. A cache of leaked audio reveals the story of how much ultimately comes down to his judgment—and the forces freezing him in place.

The full text of a 20,000-word ebook on the interpreters who worked alongside American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their fates once they were no longer of service.

On the anger that led to the Watts Riots of 1965, the mistakes made during those six days in August, and how little changed afterward.

A profile of the “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” director.

Over the course of 25 years, he’s repeatedly toyed with the idea of running for president and now, maybe, governor of New York. With all but his closest apostles finally tired of the charade, even the Donald himself has to ask, what’s the point? On the plane and by the pool with the man who will not be king.

The director of a covert organization arrives for his first day at work.

What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone.

The U.S. is one of only two countries that don’t guarantee paid maternity leave. As a result, women across the country are rushing back to work after C-sections and losing their positions in order to take care of newborns.

“This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story.”