A profile of Republican Eric Cantor: six-term congressman, new House majority leader, highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history.

A profile of Alex Jones, who draws a bigger online audience than Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh combined.

Scientist George Price discovered an equation for altruism. First he let go of his possessions. Then he took his own life.

Inside “a surreal world of pseudo-scientific methods and jargon, traumatizing psychodramas and nude cuddling with counselors.”

A traveler tries to make sense of a beautiful island with a dark past.

Twelve new ways of measuring Hollywood’s gender imbalance.

A profile of a 25-year-old Spanish sensation.

How Evangelicals have claimed Trump as one of their own.

Mountain athletes face death and grief more often than most of us. One therapist thinks he can help.

A profile of Marlon Brando, 33, holed up in a hotel suite in Kyoto where he was filming Sayonara.

On the Becket Fund, a little-known firm that has become the leading force in the fight for corporations seeking a religious exemption from covering employees’ birth control.

Ex-Ivy Leaguer and NFL-er Jeff Hatch spent years telling audiences of his triumph over opioid addiction, to great acclaim. Then as the rehab center he worked at drew national attention, a tortuous backstory of cops, dealers and deception came to light.

Whoever wants to enchant America’s conservative base as well as independents looking for a steady hand amid economic upheaval must try to grasp what has carried Cain this far — what not only shields him from spectacular attempts at self-immolation but also, with each incident, seems to make him stronger. Why, with this candidate, do the laws of physics seem not to apply?

After years of avoiding the uncomfortable truths about how his gadgets are made, a Mac fanboy travels to Foxconn to see for himself.

Update 3/16/12: This American Life retracted this story today after it was revealed to have “contained significant fabrications.”

Imagine a community of great possibilities and prosperity built by Black people for Black people. Places to work. Places to live. Places to learn and shop and play. Places to worship. Now imagine it being ravaged by flames.

An Italian town plagued by mysterious fires turns to science, the church, and the law in a search for answers.

Browsing the stacks with The Washington Post’s Michael Dirda.

The people who go missing while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, and the people who attempt to identify their remains.

How the feds flipped a corrupt American soccer official named Chuck Blazer and brought down the sport’s governing body.

How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump’s ties to Russia.

He was jailed for killing her daughter. Then she feared the police had the wrong man.

And the Black Lives Matter movement could be the vaccine the country needs