What happened after the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball came out.

In 1920, Harvard University officials suspected that some students were gay. So they kicked them all out.

How virtual worlds like Ultima Online form economies and the sellers who make a living in digital goods.

“In my view, Trump wouldn’t be president if not for Bob.”

What we know (and don’t), more than a year after American diplomats began to suffer strange, concussion-like symptoms in Cuba.

Three days in Wyoming as the hip-hop firebrand tends to his scars.

For years he used fake identities to charm women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then his victims banded together to take him down.

On the O.J. Simpson verdict and the Million Man March.

A profile of Mindy Kaling.

Royce White’s theories of mental illness.

An oral history of Hurricane Harvey.

How A+E’s CEO is navigating the new TV environment with hit shows like “Duck Dynasty.”

How the new store is—and isn’t—changing Detroit.

On the late comedian Bill Hicks, just as a performance on Letterman is deemed unfit for network TV.

Why now is the time to rethink COVID safety protocols for children—and everyone else.

Confronting homophobia in Uganda.

On oil spills in Colombia.

A profile of Michelle Lyons, who viewed 278 executions as both a local reporter and a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

“Radically brilliant. Absurdly ahead of its time. Ridiculously poorly planned.” An oral history of the National Sports Daily.

A profile of Jaron Lanier, virtual reality pioneer and the author of You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto.

On Bob Woodward’s “rather eerie aversion to engaging the ramifications of what people say to him.”

A profile of a dresser of celebrities.

For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.

How the media company failed to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women.