An investigation into widespread denial, inaction, and information suppression of sexual assault and violence allegations at Michigan State.

Jack Whittaker won a $314 million Powerball jackpot. This bit of luck would destroy him.

On labor organizing at a Silicon Valley giant and what happens when a company loses touch with its motto of “don’t be evil.”

A for-profit coding school that charges nothing but takes a portion of graduates future wages has been lying about how many students actually get placed.

Three teenage boys decide to set sail after a night of drinking. They go missing for 51 days.

Big banks entrusted money to an armored truck company GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.

What it’s like to be Enzyte’s “Smiling Bob,” and other tales of acting as a product’s public face.

On Ephemerisle, a “floating festival of radical self-reliance,” and other attempts at creating an island utopia.

A profile of Elizabeth Gilbert, whose bestselling memoir may have sunk her literary career.

America’s biggest for-profit foster care agency has a history of abuse, neglect, and even deaths to account for.

On China’s modern-day Communist Party and why foundational myths can never be shed.

A Washington tribe expelled 306 of its members. They’re not going quietly.

A tour of a nonprofit that collects, warehouses, and donates perfectly good stuff hospitals throw away, from anesthesia machines to unopened surgical tools.

An interview with F. Lee Bailey about his 60 years of celebrity trials.

Medical examiners provide crucial insights into public health and safety. What happens when we don’t have enough of them?

Thousands of patients report lingering symptoms. Can research into another mysterious syndrome help?

Elon Musk’s dreams of colonizing Mars.

How a herbalist who used to swim naked with Allen Ginsberg became one of conservative talk radio’s most vicious—and listened to—hosts.

Living with hypersomnia, a disorder marked by sleeping dozens of hours straight and still never feeling truly awake.

A profile of Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz, who wants to make his drink a lifestyle. Mateschitz’s co-founder, Chaleo Yoovidhya, died March 17.

When members of China’s massive bulletin-board forums perceive wrongdoing, they form a “human flesh search engine” and seek out real world vigilante justice.

A profile of Vova Galchenko, teenage juggling virtuoso and early viral star.

On Keith Richards’ autobiography.

There’s some very sensible advice on how to take drugs, too.

On a comic offering portrayals of secular Muslims that American audiences rarely see.