A Houston man allegedly tries to hire several hit men to kill his wife. Each fails miserably. It becomes the talk of the town.

He was fired from the company he helped create, YouSendIt. Then the cyberattacks started.

What really happened between the plaintiffs in Lawrence vs. Texas, the case that ended anti-sodomy laws?

On the perils and poisons of mining for gold in southeastern Peru.

The bizarre story of the disappearance of “downtown legend” John Lurie after a former friend resolved to take his life.

On the surprising radicalism of library music – “music that has been composed and recorded for commercial purposes.”

“Calça de veludo ou bunda de fora.” Why Neymar, one of the world’s best talents hasn’t taken the money and run.

The story of Brownie Wise, the woman who made Tupperware a household name.

The life of Reverend Charles Moore, who died by self-immolation in the parking lot of a Texas strip mall.

The author’s long-running relationship with the grotesque.

A UVA alum goes back for the first rush week since the Rolling Stone story.

He was one of Israel’s greatest spies. Then he brought his own country to the brink of war.

An interview with Clay Shirky on “why no medium has ever survived the indifference of 25-year-olds.”

Her suicide made headlines around the world after classmates were indicted on felony charges related to bullying. The real story isn’t that simple.

An excerpt from a new biography explores the trio of tragedies that struck Dahl’s family just as his career was taking off.

Anxiety, weight, general well-being—how the first nine months determine the rest of your life.

On the language of hobos and the dictionaries it spawned.

A manifesto from one of the first professional bloggers on a new ‘golden age of journalism.’

On a group of women whose lives were forever altered by the Leif Garrett episode of Behind the Music.

Sex in the NBA in the wake of Magic Johnson’s HIV announcement.

Two officers discovered rampant corruption and criminal activity at the heart of Chicago’s police department. Then they were punished by their peers. A four-part series.

The untold story of Napoleon Hill, who practically invented the self-help scam through his 1937 book Think and Grow Rich.

How Montana became home to the highest concentration of hate groups in the nation.

An interview with the founding editor of the New York Review of Books, who died Monday.

On the life at sea of Henk De Velde, who has circumnavigated the globe six times.