The complicated case of Michelle Kosilek, a murderer fighting for sexual reassignment surgery.

The rocky career and enduring appeal of country legend Charlie Rich, “the missing link between Elvis Presley and Ray Charles.”

The rise of an expensive, experimental stem-cell treatment in China and the medical tourism it attracts.

The disappearance of a legendary scavenger could have dire consequences for a swelling human population.

Alarmingly sophisticated imitations of American currency have turned up all over the world and the false-paper trail leads to North Korea.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Inside the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, “an opaque system that literally disappears people” accused of immigrating illegally.

Retracing the steps of the most devastating wildfire in California history.

A visit to the set of Lost Highway, minus an actual interview with the director.

The secret diary of Nina Simone.

On growing up in Hollywood, the cost of beating Oprah at the Oscars, and why Jack Nicholson doesn’t act anymore.

A year in the lives of Abigail Spanberger and Ayanna Pressley.

On the author of How the Irish Became White.

On the divisive narrative of “outside agitators” and how labor history can help guide the protest movement.

Amid coronavirus outbreaks, migrants face the starkest of choices: Risking their lives in U.S. detention or returning home to the dangers they fled.