The adventures and controversies of the avant-garde poet Kenneth Goldsmith, who believes plagiarism is an art form.

The history of canis lupus in America, up to the present day.

The possibilities and limits of investigative reporting.

Everything that happened before former NBA star Lamar Odom suffered multiple strokes on the floor of a Pahrump brothel.

Life as a crime reporter in one of the most violent places in the world.

On the history of political polls, which have become more influential and less reliable over time.

The ongoing question of forgiveness in Charleston, where Dylann Roof opened fire in a church on June 17th.

The story of Jeffrey Fowle, an Ohio man who tried to smuggle a Bible into North Korea.

The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, especially if you’re in talk radio.

Twenty years ago, Brian Peixoto was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. But is he innocent?

“After 14 years I finally reported him. In the eyes of the law, my biggest mistake was not fearing him more.”

What the first-sale doctrine means for the future of copyright.

The eccentric inhabitants of the world’s largest rock—Giant Rock, a humongous boulder deep in the Mojave Desert.

The pandemic of violence against women, the threats online, and the harassment on the streets are ongoing. But women’s voices assumed an unprecedented power in 2014.

Even the dumpster divers of America are becoming tech-savvy, well-earning entrepreneurs.

It’s not just the virus that stands in the way, it’s bureaucratic logistics, and the frightening look of those hazmat suits.

An ode to Juiceboxxx, a 27-year-old rapper from Milwaukee no one’s ever heard of.

A French reporter went undercover as potential “caliphette” and recieved a marriage proposal from a senior ISIS commander.

The process of claiming a loved one’s body after a massacre at a Kenyan university.

The last all-male clubs in Britain are contemplating admitting women. But a significant proportion of their members still want to preserve the spaces as male-only.

How one community is struggling to understand and respond to a cluster of suicides.

How a high-powered lawyer and a rough-edged private detective ended up at the center of the biggest, dirtiest scandal in Hollywood history.

The life and death of Marla Ruzicka, a 28-year-old aid worker in Baghdad.

Ethnicity and primary education in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Part of Guernica’s ‘Writer’s Bloc’ series.

On a U.S. soldier burned to the verge of death and the virtual-reality video game doctors used as treatment when he came home.