Adventures in acedia, from Aquinas to Bartleby.

A New York lawyer’s attempt to secure an American aid worker’s release from ISIS.

What happened when Pakistan shut down the vitally important Karachi to Kabul trucking line.

An Iowa dad’s surprisingly short path from commentor to screenwriter.

A former sex worker interviews a longtime John on how it feels to pay for it.

“By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …” In a grim finale, the nineties get their Altamont.

More than 15% of Detroit’s adults have asthma, and 82% of black students go to schools in the most polluted parts of the city.

In the last year alone, over 150,000 people have risked their lives to leave.

Stephen Reed was “mayor for life” in Harrisburg, PA. Now he’s going to trial on 114 counts of bribery, theft, and fraud.

On his twelfth appearance on Letterman, Bill Hicks killed. The network refused to air it.

A case of mistaken identity leads to the prosecution of an ordinary Eritrean for human smuggling.

Thinking about launching your own media startup? You might want to consider my crazy story first.

The button that ruined the internet—and how to fix it.

On the people who lie about serving in the military and the detectives who try to expose them.

A plane crash survivor and trauma researcher turns her attention to the memories we’re making now.

The undoing of Tina Brown.

In defense of fiction.

The dark world of online murder markets.