The complicated case of Brigitte Harris, who, after years of abuse, accidentally killed her father by cutting off his penis.

On fashion, gender, a finding oneself in a pair of drop-crotch pants.

On Marilyn Monroe and the pains of post-war America.

George Wright spent more time on the lam, 41 years, than any fugitive in American history. Last fall, after being caught in a rural Portuguese village, he told his story.

A year with Major Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification.

“Being Justin Bieber means having an endless number of T-shirts to destroy.” A profile of the pop star just after his 18th birthday.

A profile of the Hollywood star-maker behind Vanna White, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy.

In 2003, Gary Coleman ran for governor of California. But what he really wanted was to have never come to Hollywood in the first place.

Three Dallas prostitutes were found dead in as many months. Charles Albright might be the last person you’d suspect–unless you knew about his lifelong obsession.

An interview with William Gibson on the “dark, dark world of marketing, advertising, and trend forecasting.”

A history of entrepreneurship in New York City, starting with shipping magnate Jeremiah Thompson’s big gamble in the 1820s: scheduled departures.

A (graphically) detailed account of a bear’s attack on a father and daughter hiking in Glacier National Park.

In 1926, at the age of 12, Barbara Follett published a critically acclaimed novel. Fourteen years later, she disappeared.

On how 21st century culture shifts killed the nerd and what lies ahead.

“You’re either with Korn and Limp Bizkit, or you’re against them.” The birth of nu-metal.

For mountaineers, it’s not enough just to get to the top—it’s how you get there that matters.

A brutal custody battle raises questions about who has a right to rear a child and what the legal meaning of a family should be.

After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go.

A profile of Seth Moulton, the junior congressman from Massachusetts.

The dark, tangled truths coming to light thanks to subterranean cartography.

The legendary stuntman launches a new phase of his expansive career.

Tim Piazza fought for his life for 12 hours before his Beta Theta Pi brothers called 911. By then, it was too late.

No one knows quite what to do with these coerced masks made from the faces of Native American POWS.

How the media company failed to create “a safe and inclusive workplace” for women.

Booker winner Howard Jacobson on the bumper crop of sex worker memoirs and what they say about our understanding of paid sex.