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?

Over the next decade, the number of elderly homeless Americans is projected to triple.

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

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

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.

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

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 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.’”

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 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.

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.

It comes from the soil of the desert Southwest. Inhaled, it can cause incurable, even fatal illness. And, thanks to global warming, valley fever is spreading fast.

On the dangerous glut of visitors looking to conquer Mt. Everest, where there is sometimes a two-hour wait to climb the Hillary Step.

Pennsylvania is on the verge of saying yes.

An ode to professional basketball players and why pro ball is the best ball of all.

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.