On getting weight reduction surgery.

Memories of a lovely afternoon with a serial killer.

A profile of Stevie Nicks.

A profile of John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar.

A profile of Ozzy Osbourne.

An investigation of Scientology.

How New York City responds to terrorism.

A profile of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren.

A profile of Larry David.

A 38,000-word answer.

The grim world of outsourced content moderation.

How the Caltech basketball team, losers of 310 straight conference games, figured out a formula for winning.

Former Bob Ney, Mark Foley and William Jefferson underlings provide a street-level view of D.C. opprobrium.

A tony bedroom community in Los Angeles, a kidnapping gone horribly wrong, and the birth of a teenage fugitive.

A profile of the Russian spy-turned-Maxim covergirl.

On life in Los Angeles, and the specter of a second riot.

How a blind, destitute man became a world-class composer while living on the streets of New York.

What happened to one of the most hated basketball players in NCAA history after playing a single season at Georgetown.

Doug Dodd was a drug kingpin in high school. And now, like the narrator of a Scorcese film, he wants to tell his own story.

On a Duke student’s now infamous Powerpoint presentation of her sexual history; binge-drinking, post-feminism, and Mario Kart.

How a group of Queens high schoolers changed music forever while barely managing to remain on speaking terms.

A profile of 36-year-old curator Loïc Gouzer, who has made millions for Christie’s.

The story of a home invasion, a torture session, and one lawyer who nearly killed another.

The residents of Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government. Here’s what they got.

Seth Herter’s life was full of delusions. But the murder was all too real.