Adventures in bartending.

Being injured in the NFL.

The trade in fake olive oil.

Was justice served in Steubenville?

The most powerful man in publishing, unfiltered.

How moonlight drives life in the ocean.

Sixty journalists cover an ordinary week in an epidemic.

The militarization of local politics in South Africa.

Wolf-trapping school in Alaska.

A profile of Salvatore Strazzullo, who represents celebrities, whether major or minor, who get themselves in trouble in Manhattan after dark.

A field report from Electric Daisy Carnival, a three-night bacchanal in the Las Vegas desert attended by “100,000 wasted hedonists scantily dressed in furry underwear.”

Reverse engineering the details of a murder that took place in St. Louis on Christmas Night in 1895 from over a century of popular song.

“In some ways, joining the military is an act of faith in one’s country—an act of faith that the country will use your life well.”

In the Winter of 1964, the Fab Four rocket to superstardom in just six weeks.

In his first Major League at bat, Adam Greenberg was hit in the head with a fastball. He never made it back.

Life as a crime reporter in one of the most violent places in the world.

The ongoing question of forgiveness in Charleston, where Dylann Roof opened fire in a church on June 17th.

The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, especially if you’re in talk radio.

The EPA called it the most severe exposure to a hazardous material in American history. The only people in Libby, Montana, who didn’t see it coming were the victims.

The writer Alfred Chester, who died alone in a Jerusalem apartment in 1971 at just 37, was brilliant. He was also insane.

On conspiracy theories in sports, from the ‘85 NBA draft lottery to Michael Phelps’ gold medal performance in the 100-meter butterfly.

A tech neophyte looks for answers in Silicon Valley, “the last place in America where people are this optimistic.”

In 2001, Jill Wells’ 6-year-old son accidentally shot and killed her on a remote ranch in Colorado. Or at least that’s what her husband told authorities.

How the heaviest man in the NFL survived a life of pain and transformed his body after falling in love.

In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.