A journey through a quixotic New Hampshire town teeming with libertarians, fake news, guns, and—possibly—furry invaders.

Seven years ago, a young Indigenous woman from Tache, BC, went to a party and never came back. Her family won’t stop looking for her.

Life and death aboard the Zaandam cruise ship as it was denied a port by country after country.

The Puerto Rican reggaetonero has come to dominate global pop on his own terms.

What if people don’t just invent medical symptoms to get attention—what if they feign oppression, too?

An Australian slaughterhouse dispute shone a light on a system designed to exploit migrant workers’ hopes and ambitions.

Possible clues about Lincoln’s murder in the unlikeliest place.

How the Pentagon makes “Koch Industries look like an organic farm” when it comes to toxic water contamination.

The author visits Franklin County, Mississippi, where, according to census data, there are zero same-sex couples.

Women who left their careers to be stay-at-home mothers reflect on the decision ten years later.

How an Italian thug looted MGM, brought Credit Lyonnais to its knees, and made the Pope cry.

On Manoj Bhargava, who says he’s “probably the wealthiest Indian in America,” and his ubiquitous product.

A decorated Iraq war veteran with PTSD kills his brother and himself after a high-speed chase near the Grand Canyon.

Lessons learned about Washington from investigating how the “grand bargain” fell apart.

A trip to Disneyland in the mid-1960s.

Previously posted on Longform.org on January 25th, 2012.

“Richard Williams raised her to go to war with the world. Post-tennis, she plans to live in it.”

How a tiny island 5,000 miles from the U.S. mainland has produced so many NFL players.

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

How Michael Lewis’s The Big Short became a Hollywood comedy.

Celebrated doctor Paolo Macchiarini was not all that he seemed.

Centralia, Pennsylvania, used to be a place with kids and schools and churches and houses. Then the ground caught on fire.

While accused killer Robert Durst was in Galveston, he made a few friends besides Morris Black.

What happend to Serafim Todorov after the 1996 Olympic featherweight semifinals.

How the National Enquirer became a 2010 Pulitzer contender without straying from its roots as a supermarket tabloid.

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