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.

Victims of Mexico’s drug violence often end up in unmarked graves. This man set out to find them.

If you want to see what a world without Roe looks like, look at Mississippi.

If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes black Americans.

Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked—mostly.

The primate who ruled the news vanished again. A quest to find him led deep into Florida’s monkey kingdom.

A trip to Nashville to interview the writer Ann Patchett.

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.

She was mocked for her clothes and for her hair. Tabloids published nude photos of her and covered her custody fight. The defense called her hysterical. The judge condescended to her. She lost. And then she became a punchline. Twenty years later, thanks in part to The People v. O.J. Simpson, Marcia Clark is finally being seen in full.

The emergence of a radio phenomenon popular amongst young demographic believed lost to interactive distractions.

When Elysian Brewing sold itself to Big Beer, it set off a revolt among Seattle craft beer enthusiasts.

A woman posing as a non-profit worker kidnaps a formerly homeless pregnant woman and tries to claim her baby. [PART 2]

The CEO is 32. The CFO is 28. Their startup is the second-largest burger chain in the country.

The author reflects on his mayoral run with Norman Mailer against John Lindsay.

At the bar one night a couple of weeks after the primary, I looked up from a drink and saw my face and Norman's face floating across the screen on the NBC First Tuesday show. It is a network thing, and they did a 20-minute look at our campaign. The show reinforced my opinion that Norman and I had some of the most terrific lows in the history of anything that ever took place in this city. And, perhaps, a couple of highs that could be recognized as time passes a bit. Like maybe colleges for years will be using the things Norman Mailer was saying out in the streets.

Danny Caldwell is openly gay. He’s married. And he’s against gay marriage.

“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”

Guz Dominguez says he was trying to help baseball players from Cuba; the U.S. government says he was smuggling athletes. The truth is more complicated.

The story was told by Sports Illustrated, CBS News, and countless others: linbeacker Manti Te’o, Heisman trophy candidate and the face of Notre Dame football, was playing brilliantly despite the tragic loss of his girlfriend to leukemia early in the season. The reporters missed one key element of Te’o’s story, however: the girl hadn’t died. She couldn’t have. She didn’t exist.

“This is what I want to say.”