On the best teacher the writer ever had.

In Chicago at the 130th National Funeral Directors Conference.

An investigation into Erin Brockovich and the lawsuits that made her famous.

The fifty-year battle over where we store our nuclear remains.

A black British father on his 12 years in the U.S.

The man who gets all the superhero scoops in Hollywood.

“We take the bus when we can’t afford to do anything but disappear.”

The love story behind the battle over gay marriage in Texas.

On the Event Horizon telescope, the largest ever built.

How artist Petr Pavlensky uses his body and the Russian legal system as canvases.

Yes to Bernie Sanders, Rihanna, and the Real Housewives. No to the pussy hats.

The L.A. Clippers point guard is an underdog no more.

The Belgian forward’s journey to greatness.

Sabotage and dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace.

The battle over police torture and reparations in Chicago’s schools.

The world’s best ice climber is turning 50.

A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis as it quietly rages on.

Unpacking the 76,897 micro-genres that make up the cinematic DNA.

The hedge fund manager making a bet that Wall Street can solve the water crisis in the West.

The performer behind the anti-comedian Neil Hamburger on being comfortable getting booed.

On the book that Hitler called his “bible” and the man who wrote it.

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.

What the opioid crisis has done to one indigenous family in Alaska–the writer’s.

As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.

On the drone strikes that killed Anwar al-Awlaki and his U.S.-born son.