The Sackler dynasty’s ruthless marketing of painkillers has generated billions of dollars—and millions of addicts.

Inside the boardroom as Uber’s press nightmare unfolded.

Inside the world of dark tourism, where for just $2,500 you too could be responsible for a geopolitical calamity.

Inside the disturbing “cult” of young acolytes that catapulted conductor James Levine’s career.

The story behind Tony Kushner’s examination of AIDS and homosexuality.

A look at the rapper’s decade-plus ordeal.

Five Mexican fishermen head out with enough supplies for several days. They’re gone for nine months. A story of survival in the South Pacific.

It’s dangerous to blame the decline of one species on a single predator. We humans like to do it anyway.

Thinking about launching your own media startup? You might want to consider my crazy story first.

Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?

A surgeon tastes viral fame via Twitter and then things get really weird.

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going?

The case against “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh.

A profile of the songwriter.

What happens when the chefs behind North America’s most hedonistic restaurant quit drinking.

What happened when Brooklyn’s oldest nursery school decided to become less old-fashioned? A riot among the one percent.

(It’s PB&J.)

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

Haley downloaded the app for fun. Now millions of people watch her videos.

After six months of unrest, anti-Beijing protesters are increasingly unwilling to compromise.

U.S. officials constantly said they were making progress during the war in Afghanistan. They were not, and they knew it.

In an age of historic disparity, Abigail Disney and the Patriotic Millionaires take on income inequality.

A jailhouse interview with Steve Washak, who made millions selling “natural male enhancement” pills.

An amateur seed bank has rescued countless rare varieties, but now it may be running out of time.