When members of China’s massive bulletin-board forums perceive wrongdoing, they form a “human flesh search engine” and seek out real world vigilante justice.

A psychological theory emerges to explain why young Americans are taking a while to grow up.

It’s now routine for corporations to outsource the task of generating new ideas. A look at the consulting firms who meet that need.

A central Massachusetts city enabled the author’s ancestors to move into the good life of the middle class. That move is more complicated today.

Why did the El Faro cargo ship sail directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin, killing all 33 aboard?

Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting.

On black bodies in the age of the Charleston shootings.

How do you rollout a candidate whom everyone thinks they already know?

A treasure hunter found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told his investors.

What the Fresh Air host has learned after 13,000 interviews.

The death of a high school football player and the life that has followed for the kid who made the hit.

Rob Billot spent eight years defending corporate clients in environmental cases. Then Wilbur Tennant called.

How the Baylor University Medical Center became a force in the heart transplant business.

What the experiences of nonmonogamous couples can tell us about jealousy, love, desire and trust.

Deciphering the rise of a lifestyle guru who sells self-absorption as the ultimate luxury product.

Short-seller Andrew Left sniffs out corporate fraud—and gets rich doing it.

A profile of the “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” director.

How infighting splintered a group of players once unified in the movement started by Colin Kaepernick.

American adolescents watch much more pornography than their parents know.

The inside story of the first homicide in America’s most secure prison.

A pre-eminent expert on large carnivores runs afoul of the enemies of the wolf.

In her fight to end sexual abuse, the Olympic champion is challenging the very institutions she led to glory.

Riding along with the Mets broadcast trio, the main reason to watch the team.

It’s dangerous to blame the decline of one species on a single predator. We humans like to do it anyway.

How we respond to the rules of the road offers insight into being human.