Sitting with a group of mothers who lost a child.

An oral history of Garry Shandling’s secret pickup basketball game.

A profile of reality-TV star Jax Taylor.

Increasingly, men accused of MeToo misconduct are suing their accusers for defamation.

On immigration detainees in the United Kingdom, and the suffering that lands them in detention.

On switching to the gold standard and a trip to the Yukon to witness the modern gold rush.

How both the drugs and the music have evolved together.

The Supreme Court justice on gay rights, the problem with consensus, and the Devil.

The connections he made at a 2013 pageant in Russia may have helped give him the Presidency.

The Giants' miraculous 1951 comeback wasn't all that it seemed.

Previously: The Longform Guide to Cheaters.

The playground, the Ivy League, the triangle offense,  and how we dreamed up a “black basketball” and “white basketball.”

America, China, and the case for coal as a vital weapon in the war against climate change.

Kurdish revolutionaries helped the U.S. expel the Islamic State from its capital city. Will we soon abandon them?

The wondrous—and occasionally weird—relationship between the children’s-music superstar, his fans, and the man he used to be.

The mentalist’s manipulation techniques give people too sophisticated to believe in the paranormal something quasi-scientific to hang on to.

Inside the wildly ambitious effort to reimagine the classic musical for 2020.

Stolen time with the writer as he neared the end.

Rejecting the “American immortal” mentality.

The Buckeye State’s fortunes and the fight for credit.

After offending Richard Marx, the author meets him to hash things out.

The turf wars at New York City’s hip hop station, Hot 97.

The growing – and uneasy – alliances between the military and Silicon Valley.

On the ground with a young Texas doctor who travels the state to provide abortions.

Maintaining the manual On Writing Well.