Analysis of the divisive murder case.

In search of the former boxing champ, who refuses to believe he has HIV.

The homeless population of New York City is higher than it’s been in decades. Nobody seems to notice.

An oral history project involving former IRA members becomes a prolonged court battle over a four-decade-old murder.

A barely drinking-age Green Day profiled shortly after the release of Dookie.

How a group of vigilante cat-lovers seeking the hooded figure who suffocated a kitten in an internet video found a sadistic killer.

A story written about Twitter and one its founders, Evan Williams, when the company’s chief source of revenue was subletting desks in their partially filled office.

On Sebastian Junger’s War and the documentary Restrepo by Tim Hetherington, who was killed in Libya yesterday.

On the “world’s largest social network that you probably haven’t yet heard of” and its enigmatic founder.

A profile of lifelong thief and 13-time escapee Chris Gay, aka “Little Houdini.”

The voices we generally hear on public radio reflect only a narrow range of experiences, particularly with regards to race. There’s a cost to that.

A journalist and documentarian charts over a decade of her relationship with Philip Roth.

Lester Cotton’s transformation from reluctant football player to top Alabama recruit, and the hopes and dreams of a neighborhood that ride on his shoulders.

Being friends with Susan Sontag was thrilling, but also “shot through in the end with mutual irritation.”

In the deep ocean, a swimming sea-worm called a “green bomber” can throw sacs of light when attacked.

The story of Nicole Davis, a 25-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer six months into her pregnancy.

Celebrity, bottle service, and Tiger Woods’ unintentional introduction of “halfway hooker” into the American lexicon.

Paul Krugman breaks down the basics of climate change economics, from Arthur Cecil Pigou to Capitol Hill.

An emerging school of therapy says that scripting your dreams while awake could eliminate the worst ones. Not everyone thinks that’s healthy.

Fifty-four days after his group’s Everest climb turned tragic, Krakauer first told the story of what had gone wrong.

In Detroit, the aftermath of a reality-TV SWAT raid that killed a sleeping seven-year-old.

A profile of Yao Ming published during his second season in the NBA.

A profile of Esquire features writer Chris Jones. Plus: the Jones archive on Longform.org.

SNL in its grim twentieth season through the lens of first (and only) year cast-member Janeane Garofalo.