Ostensibly straight black men who have sex with other men.

Born in Germany, raised in Montana, now living in New York, comedian Reggie Watts describes his style as “culture sampling.”

A year after dozens died protesting his election and hundreds more were imprisoned, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grants a rare interview to an American journalist.

“To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.”

Once I made my home smart, what would it learn and whom would it tell?

How a Silicon Valley team helped rebuild his distinctive robotic sound.

All Artur Samarin wanted to be was a normal American teenager. So that’s what he became.

A working theory about what makes internet writing uniquely “internetty.”

Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.

How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia.

How well-meaning donations end up fueling an unproven, virtually unregulated $2 billion stem cell industry.

On generosity, selfishness, and organ donation.

Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.

Henry Orenstein survived three years in concentration camps before creating Transformers and poker cameras.

How did so many rich countries get it so wrong? How did others get it so right?

Fred Rogers wasn’t just a brilliant educator and a profoundly moral person. He was an uncompromising artist.

How billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett pay so little in income tax compared to their massive wealth—sometimes, even nothing.

How much sand can a half-billion dollars dredge up? Almost certainly not enough.

She was Becky Sue Turner, then Lori Erica Ruff. Now she’s Jane Doe.

How a financial advisor for NHL players may have orchestrated a massive fraud.

Barack Obama wanted to endorse gay marriage on his own timetable. Joe Biden had other plans.

On Singapore’s attempt to create a more harmonious society using mass surveillance and data analysis.

How Cassandro, who wrestles in drag, became a star Mexican luchadore.

An investigation into who knew what, and when.

Trevell Coleman wasn’t sure whether he’d killed a man. But after 17 years, he needed to find out.