One man’s quest to have a healthy leg amputated.

You’ve never heard of her, but somewhere in America, a top-secret investigator known as the Savant is infiltrating online hate groups to take down the most violent men in the country.

In a supermax facility on US soil, inmates are force fed—and barred from sharing their stories.

A team of researchers at Columbia believe that small changes to college life could make campuses safer.

In 2001, Maksym Igor Popov defected to work as an informant in the U.S. But a decade later, he was back to scamming the FBI.

“Okay,” I said. “What do you think is the percentage chance that I’m right?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “Five percent?”

On conspiracy theories in sports, from the ‘85 NBA draft lottery to Michael Phelps’ gold medal performance in the 100-meter butterfly.

Andre Thomas cut out his children’s hearts and removed his own eyes. Texas considers him sane.

A retired fighter worries that he has all the symptoms of CTE.

A profile of New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer.

Seeking justice with the Trans Doe Task Force.

Not all that long ago, as the editor in chief of Gawker.com, Daulerio was among the most influential and feared figures in media. Now the forty-two-year-old is unemployed, his bank has frozen his life savings of $1,500, and a $1,200-per-month one-bedroom is all he can afford. He's renting here, he says, to be near the counselors and support network he has come to rely on lately.

Jared Johns found out too late that swapping messages with the pretty girl from a dating site would mean serious trouble. If only he had known who she really was.

A trip to the Famous Poets Society convention/contest in Reno.

“Which is how, despite the drinking, the stealing, the racist outburst, the abysmal courtroom performance, the disbarment, and the ultimate imprisonment of his lead attorney, an intellectually disabled man has ended up on the verge of execution.”

“It’s not like I told myself, okay, this is it, you’re gonna take the guy outside and throw him off the goddam boat.”

“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.”

On the history and unaccomplished mission of public broadcasting.

Caffeine makes us more energetic, efficient and faster. But we have become so dependent that we need it just to get to our baseline.

How Facebook ‘likes’ landed Jelani Henry in Rikers.

The rise and fall of a violent underground anti-racist group.

Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we’re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.

Twenty years ago, Ramaphosa was by Mandela’s side as apartheid ended and in line to become deputy president. He didn’t get the job. Now one of the richest men in Africa, he’s finally getting the chance.