Everyone wants women to be mindful, calm, and deliberate. But sometimes a little chaos gets things done.

A profile of the author on the eve on his debut novel, The Water Dancer.

Three deaths in the mountains, and a community left to wonder: How close should we stand to our own mortality to feel alive?

An unarmed man, a cop charged with murder, and the challenge of policing mental illness.

The singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. That doesn’t mean she’s not paying attention.

If you want to see what a world without Roe looks like, look at Mississippi.

Highlights from two hours of leaked audio from recent staff Q&A sessions with Facebook’s CEO.

The true tale of a bodybuilder turned social media influencer who built an illicit empire.

Why is Rick DeVos, the son of Betsy and the heir to the DeVos fortune, investing in a weirdly populous and highly lucrative art contest?

For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.

A jailhouse interview with Steve Washak, who made millions selling “natural male enhancement” pills.

From legal battles to securing vendors to getting the walls painted, every budget line is a struggle.

An interview with Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, on fame, veganism, depression, and writing a new cookbook.

It began with a series of anonymous sexual-harassment complaints that the writer knew were false. But the truth was far stranger.

Carnival Cruise executives knew they had a virus problem, but kept the party going.

A profile of Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, whose show makes more than $500,000 in profit every week.

How does a Latin-pop superstar spend lockdown? Hanging out with his girlfriend, watching ‘Toy Story’ and surprising the world.

A mysterious outbreak. Hundreds of stricken schoolgirls. Was it an illness, or was something darker to blame?

A profile of the actor in the wake of the loss of his wife.

How a young talent from East London went from open-mic nights to making the most sublimely unsettling show of the year.

Humpbacks are some of the most watched whales in the world, and yet so much of their lives remains a mystery.

The world is consumed by violent fights and hostile disagreements. Sarah Schulman sees a way out of them.

In the pandemic, “caremongering” has become a new term for an old—and joyous—practice

A visit to the Christian rock Cross-Over Festival in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.

The last living Shakers—just two by some counts—keep their centuries-old faith in a village in Maine.