Pro boxing, famous for larger-than-life characters, now has one invented or the Instagram age.

The broadcasting behemoth is up for a charter renewal in the United Kingdom, and it’s exposing every crack in the organization.

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s widow on addiction, loss, and recovery.

In an excerpt from her book, the late Northern Irish journalist joined a search for a missing youth.

Another look at a popular myth.

For the longest time blues fans didn’t even know what their hero looked like—in 1971, a music magazine even hired a forensic artist to make a composite sketch based on various first-hand accounts—until two photos of Robert Johnson finally came to light.  The dapper young man pictured in the most famous photo, dressed in a stylish suit and smiling affably at the camera, hardly looks like a man who has sold his soul to Lucifer.

A first-person account of the author’s time spent volunteering with a group of Burmese activists in Thailand, who turn out to be not Korean but in fact Karen, members of Burma’s persecuted ethnic minority. In the course of her time there, they show her videos of their risky forays across the border, and she shows them MySpace.

“We’re trying really hard to make things better,” said one former Apple executive. “But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.”

Previously: “Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class”

The search for a disgraced ex-LAPD officer bent on killing his former colleagues and their families.

A look at the artists and writers who drive for a New York cab company. The story that inspired Taxi.

Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

Ramsey Orta filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it.

Governor? Senator? Veep? President?!

“I faced death and all that shit. It’s my responsibility to come back and come back strong. It’s going to take more than a Walmart truck to take that gift away. I can’t wait to make you all laugh. Especially you, Mike. And I already did that today. So all is good.”

A profile of former club kid Michael Alig, who is approaching release after serving 17 years in jail for murder.

A campaign diary of Luther Campbell’s (better known as Dr. Luke of 2 Live Crew) run for Mayor of Miami-Dade County.

Scott Catt was a single dad trying to make ends meet, so he started robbing banks. Then he needed accomplices, so he asked his kids.

Three years after her gold-medal performance – and amidst rumors of a fall from grace – the author travels to Transylvania to track down gymnast Nadia Comaneci. He also enjoys several drinks with her coach, Bela Karolyi.

Part of our Olympics primer, on the Longform blog.

On balancing creative ambition and financial security.

The legacy of the Guatemelan adoption industry.

For eight years, a man without a memory lived among strangers at a hospital in Mississippi. But was recovering his identity the happy ending he was looking for?

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

For Gangaram Mahes, Rikers Island was the only chance for three squares and a “decent life.” So Mahes committed the same crime 31 straight times: refusing to pay the check at New York City restaurants.

Shared parenting is usually better for children—but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers.