On the casting process for New York’s cult leader-like spin instructors.

A grieving father looks for answers.

The comic failings of a Kickstarter project that promised a “Netflix for vinyl.”

The president’s eulogy for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney.

What Gregg Popovich, 5-time NBA champion coach, looks for in players.

A second act for the former head of McSweeney’s.

Was Edwin Raymond punished for not meeting quotas?

An orphan named Patience and an argument for open immigration.

On trying out for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Why all soccer fans should root for Holland to lose to Spain.

The search for the genetic distinction that allows certain animals, humans included, to be domesticated.

Meet the man responsible for third-wave coffee—and the Frappuccino.

A eulogy for a movement.

Hundreds of people have gone missing on remote public lands. Who’s responsible for finding them?

A prescient case for W. Mark Felt as journalism’s most famous leaker.

Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?

How the hospitality world rents space for physicians to train.

Wikipedia entry for “Traction Park,” central New Jersey’s most dangerous mid-1980’s amusement park.

Was Dr. Alexander Mishkin, Hero of Russia, responsible for the Skripal poisoning?

Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

A visit to America’s leading trade show for state violence.

How to pay for your food, diapers, and beers through ad fraud.

The search for the perfect hot dog—by way of haute cuisine.

How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades.