A profile of the Daily Show host.

Inside the dual legacies of NFL players’ union boss DeMaurice Smith.

Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.

As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.

A profile of the singer-songwriter.

When presenting as a man, this “tech bro” entrepreneur was the toast of Silicon Valley—until she stepped into boardrooms as a woman.

In Austin and cities around the country, prices are skyrocketing, forcing regular people to act like speculators. When will it end?

A profile of Valeria Lukyanova, otherwise known as the “Human Barbie.”

Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.

Did Thomas Pynchon write a series of letters to Northern California newspapers under the pseudonym “Wanda Tinasky”?

The story of a high school basketball star’s sexual abuse conviction and its aftermath, told from all sides.

A profile of the photographer, who has been accused by several models of sexual abuse.

A father who brought his daughter to a ballgame and the fallout from a foul ball.

Untangling the aftermath of a United States drone strike in Yemen.

Life as an elite Scrabble player at the “first-ever four-day, 54-player, 24-match $100,000 Scrabble Superstars Showdown.”

Sex and status disclosure in the age of Grindr and undetectable HIV-levels.

How one woman is monitoring the jihadi network from a home office in Montana.

On William Cockford and his 1800s gambling hall in London, where much of the British aristocracy lost its fortune.

A profile of former Duke basketball star Jay Williams a decade after the motorcycle crash that ended his career.

On the case of young Joseph Hall, who was convicted last month of murdering his dad.

The King of Rwanda is 76 years old, 7 feet 2 inches tall, and lives on public assistance in a small apartment in Virginia.

“The first time I was ever published in a book was 1997. It was because I found Roger Ebert’s email and asked him a question.”

The private life of a disgraced former congressman.

A drunken evening with the Primer and Upstream Color director.

A collection of war stories told by women who have seen combat while serving in the U.S. military.