Heartbreak and heroics at the World Ploughing Championships

The long fight against racism in romance novels.

How our memories become contaminated by inaccuracies.

An essay on the wounded woman.

An essay on the pitcher, friendship and death.

On Joni Mitchell and canons.

How America is trying to fight terrorism in Africa without doing any of the actual fighting.

“Professional boxing is the only major American sport whose primary, and often murderous, energies are not coyly deflected by such artifacts as balls and pucks.”

A growing movement is seeking a deeper knowledge of themselves through tracking sleep, exercise, sex, food, location, productivity. Technology has made it possible—but hasn’t taught us how to interpret the findings.

Why domestic violence is even worse if the abuser is a cop.

In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him—for 438 days.

Prison rape is an epidemic; but the bulk of abuses are not by prisoners themselves, but by guards and other prison workers.

The author travels to Dubai; Arab children see snow for the first time, which is made by a Kenyan.

The “CEO monk” is decidedly unfamiliar with RZA, Ghostface Killah and Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

Detroit is dying. But it’s not dead yet. Just ask Charlie LeDuff.

The rush to find a conspiracy around the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins is driven by narrative, not evidence.

The evolution and economics of English football.

A profile of the publisher of Screw, who died this week.

50onRed is a fixture in Philly’s startup world. But there’s something the leadership didn’t talk about, even with some of its own staff. They make malware.

Did a handsome young Green Beret doctor kill his pregnant wife and two daughters? Or, as he claims, did a group of candle-carrying hippies carry out a vicious home invasion while chanting “Acid is groovy, kill the pigs”? A mystery that spanned three decades.

When an 11-year-old Black girl in Jim Crow America discovers a seemingly worthless plot of land she has inherited is worth millions, everything in her life changes—and the walls begin to close in.

The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?