Pinch-hitting for an ailing Ted Kennedy, the then-candidate honors the Kennedy’s life of service and implores graduates to wed their lives to others:

Ted Kennedy often tells a story about the fifth anniversary celebration of the Peace Corps. He was there, and he asked one of the young Americans why he had chosen to volunteer. And the man replied, ‘Because it was the first time someone asked me to do something for my country.’ I don’t know how many of you have been asked that question, but after today, you have no excuses.

A cook fights for his sight while reopening his famous restaurant.

A profile of RZA, hip-hop artist and kung fu film director.

“Sometimes I wake up and think this isn’t happening.”

From kitchen camp to political plates, queer people have been shaping food culture for decades.

Oral histories from a Dorset village on lockdown.

A profile of Ken Feinberg, lawyer who specializes in determining compensation after tragedies and disasters.

For online advertisers, probably most of it. An investigation.

A decorated college track coach, forced to resign because of an affair she had with a athlete 10 years before, fights back.

An essay about what we’ll lose, and what we’ve already lost.

Teaching Emily Dickinson at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida.

Inside a quirky indie publisher’s turn to Covid trutherism

When Elysian Brewing sold itself to Big Beer, it set off a revolt among Seattle craft beer enthusiasts.

A woman posing as a non-profit worker kidnaps a formerly homeless pregnant woman and tries to claim her baby. [PART 2]

Three days, 64 people shot, six of them dead: Memorial Day weekend in Chicago.

When a young author started her novel years ago, she saw it as a romance. She sees it differently now.

Why the flood of money in this election is just the beginning.

The broadcasting behemoth is up for a charter renewal in the United Kingdom, and it’s exposing every crack in the organization.

Neale McShane’s jurisdiction in the Australian Outback is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. He patrols it alone.

The debate over what really killed the dinosaurs is still raging.

On the curious life of Archibald Butt, confidant to President Taft and tragic victim of the sinking Titanic.

As much as the narrative of Butt’s heroism meant to the family, to the White House, to the military, it seems all too cinematic. The reality is that the experience was probably a great annoyance to him, right up until the moment it became a nightmare.

They were the New York crew that once pulled off the Lufthansa heist, one of the biggest thefts in American history and the basis for Goodfellas. Nearly 40 years later, most are dead. The survivors are old, broke, and snitching.

“Good espresso depends on the fourM’s: Macchina, the espresso machine; Macinazione, the proper grinding of a beans; Miscela, the coffee blend and the roast, and Mano is the skilled hand of the barista, because even with the finest beans and the most advanced equipment, the shot depends on the touch and style of the barista.”

The dispute over what may be the biggest sunken treasure ever found – and who gets to keep it.

How the “biggest grow op willing to publish its address” could make Canada an international pioneer in the legalization and commercialization of weed.