How franchises became the movie business.

Charles Pierce’s classic GQ profile of Tiger Woods, annotated.

A startup’s plan to launch a fleet of cheap, small, ultra-efficient imaging satellites and revolutionize data collection.

Stefan Simchowitz has supported dozens of emerging young artists. Why do so many people hate him?

Mary Ellen Johnson, a 48-year-old author, befriends a teenager convicted of murdering his parents.

A year-long investigation of America’s coroners and medical examiners reveals a deeply flawed, deeply troubling system.

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

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.

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.

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

A photographer captured the moment when a race organizer confronted a woman who’d snuck into the race.