21,000 words on the watchers and watched.

On the lifestyle of a fugitive retiree, and how it came to an end.

The story of the Delmar family, told through what they watch on TV.

The former governor of Massachusetts wants to remove the stigma from electric shock treatments. They saved Kitty’s life.

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

The history of canis lupus in America, up to the present day.

“After 14 years I finally reported him. In the eyes of the law, my biggest mistake was not fearing him more.”

How a high-powered lawyer and a rough-edged private detective ended up at the center of the biggest, dirtiest scandal in Hollywood history.

On a U.S. soldier burned to the verge of death and the virtual-reality video game doctors used as treatment when he came home.

The history of “‘50s-era market-tested USDA White Pan Loaf No. 1.”

A 7,000-word anatomy of the chaotic 9 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its health care ruling.

In the wake of 9/11, terrorist networks moved their recruitment and training efforts online, giving birth to Jihad-geeks like Irhabi_007.

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.

How two Italian teenagers hacked the Soviet space program and may have heard the dying breaths of a lost cosmonaut.

A interview with John Pistole, head of the TSA.

The post-election life of the woman who would have been president.

A profile of Lil Yachty.

In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family.

A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.

“I have drunkenly sexually assaulted or raped women—the exact number of which I am currently determining.”

A profile of the irrepressible Trump campaign foreign-policy adviser.

The story of one journalist’s giant salary and why his company could no longer pay it.

A new historical inquiry into the murder of Elwood Higginbotham offers a chance to confront the past.

A generation of African American heroin users is dying in the opioid epidemic nobody talks about. The nation’s capital is ground zero.

“I admit it,” she says, in her hotel room. “I’m a troll. I’m the queen of the fucking trolls.”