A profile of NASCAR Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is returning to racing after a series of concussions.

The constant discomfort of a genital injury creates a covenant of pain. It is impossible to think about anything else.

The adventures and controversies of the avant-garde poet Kenneth Goldsmith, who believes plagiarism is an art form.

At three NYC comedy theater/schools, students and students-turned-instructors (a “benign pyramid scheme”) pursue the elusive simulacrum of human interaction that is longform improvisation.

On June 4, 1989, the bodies of Jo, Michelle, and Christe were found floating in Tampa Bay. This is the story of the murders, their aftermath, and the handful of people who kept faith amid the unthinkable.

The story of a pair of murdered whooping cranes and just how difficult it is to save a endangered species.

Kurdistan is the safest and most stable region in Iraq and at the center of its modern history is Amna Surak Prison, ground zero for both a genocide and an uprising.

The champ is now a vegan, claims to be broke, and says he feels freer than ever before. “I have this uncanny ability to look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘This is a pig. You are a fucking piece of shit.’”

The president of the Philippines’ kill list is reputed to have over million names of supposed drug pushers and addicts, including many mayors and politicians. There is no reliable way to get off the list other than dying in a hail of bullets from assassins on motorbikes.

Her 4th day of college was a mass shooting. Here is what life is like afterward.

Gabrielle Williams is nine years old. She weighs just 12 pounds. The mystery of “syndrome x” and the girls who never age.

Can we be convinced that healthy food is delicious? On the new science of neurogastronomy and why we eat what we eat.

There are more than 22,000 homeless children in New York, the highest number since the Great Depression. This is one of their stories.

John Walker Lindh’s father on why his son is an innocent victim of the War on Terror.

Why a Nova Scotia community is still searching for the killer of a beloved farmer thirty years later.

Each time the work of the British-Mexican artist and writer is reborn, it seems more prescient.

The country’s hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it’s a good thing.

This is the story of the night Hannah was not officially raped in Washington, D.C.

College is when we first get drunk. Euripides’ The Bacchae can help us learn how to do it right.

A young girl is reported missing. The detective assigned to her case quickly discovers she’s been gone for years. The story of his search for justice.

“The true impact of activism may not be felt for a generation. That alone is reason to fight.”

How the disappearing bayou town of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana is trying to delay its inevitable end.

A secret network of women is working outside the law and the medical establishment to provide safe, cheap home abortions.

John Muir’s romantic vision obscured Indigenous ownership of the land—but a new generation is pulling away the veil.