A step-by-step proposal for fixing the broken economics of big-time college sports.

A profile of the eccentric Gene Weingarten, the only person to twice win the Pulitzer for feature writing.

The story of Trina Garnett, “one of approximately 470 prisoners in Pennsylvania serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.”

A Yale student on why nearly a quarter of her classmates will end up working for Wall Street.

A look at Apple stores, where jobs are high stress, with low pay and little opportunity for advancement.

What would drive a man to stand outside the Vatican embassy nearly every day for 14 years?

The legalizing of euthanasia is usually seen as a advancement in human rights. But is it appropriate for cases of non-terminal illness?

“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”

He may not be the surest bet for the Presidency, but Bernie Sanders might be the most interesting candidate in the race.

What is the sickness that leads inhabitants to sleep for days?

Personalized medicine may one day deliver routine medical miracles. But it wasn’t ready in time for Stephanie Lee.

The longtime editor of the London Review of Books on editing, the “fussed” people on Twitter, and “preferential treament” for women.

Testimonies about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, reported by the 2015 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Eddie Davison sued New York for locking him up under a false premise. Now the state says he owes $2 million.

NSA-grade spyware is up for sale, and the world’s worst dictatorships are buying.

The British and Irish have coined some fabulous terms to describe nature and landscrape. “Doofers” is the Scots’ term for horse-shit; “clinkerbell” means icicle in Hampshire.

An investigation into the steady dismantling of safety nets for injured workers.

A correspondence school for writers turns out to be a sham. This piece forced it into bankruptcy.

Craig Cunningham has a simple solution for getting bill collectors off his back. He sues them.

How a celebrated American artist was forced to trade his multimillion-dollar collection for a job selling donuts.

The sordid, petty world of “gossip item” sources for the New York Post and The Daily News, and what happens when they go bad.

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

Alaska brims with stories of people who vanish and are given up for dead. Once in a while, the dead return.

What increased tourism means for the people of the Northwest Passage.