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

“The true impact of activism may not be felt for a generation. That alone is reason to fight.”

Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.

The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.

A profile of philosopher Timothy Morton, who wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs.

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.

Taking a stand for public land turns out to be very good for sales.

Inside the campaign to canonize the fire department chaplain who died on September 11.

Charles D. King tries to change the entertainment landscape.

How Andrew Anglin went from being an antiracist vegan to the alt-right’s most vicious troll.

CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe.

How the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence.

Kobe Bryant knows who he is, and he’s happy to tell you all about it.

What happened after two Wisconsin girls made headlines for attempting to kill their friend in the internet character’s name.

More than a year ago, Nevada death row prisoner Scott Dozier gave up his legal appeals and asked to be executed. He’s still waiting.

What we know (and don’t), more than a year after American diplomats began to suffer strange, concussion-like symptoms in Cuba.

Learning to live in Earth’s coldest conditions.

He holds incredible power over women’s rights. New evidence shows he lied repeatedly about his history of harassment to get there.

How the disappearing bayou town of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana is trying to delay its inevitable end.

A dispatch from Cape Town, where surprising things can happen when it feels like the world is about to end.

The wondrous—and occasionally weird—relationship between the children’s-music superstar, his fans, and the man he used to be.

A walkout mostly failed to secure more funding for schools, but it has spawned a movement of politically engaged Okies.

Did the NBA executive use social media to secretly disparage his players and defend his decisions?

A secret network of women is working outside the law and the medical establishment to provide safe, cheap home abortions.

Three days in Wyoming as the hip-hop firebrand tends to his scars.