‘You’re Listening to Delilah.’
A profile of the radio personality who has offered advice and power ballads on the airwaves for decades.
Head Over Heels
Doree Shafrir goes inside Steve Madden’s well-heeled empire (his eponymous shoes made over $1 billion last year).
The Tennis Racket
Professional tennis’s problem with match-fixing. A co-investigation by BuzzFeed and the BBC.
The Story Behind The Deadliest Prison Bus Crash In Texas History
A gruesome recounting of one of the bloodiest days in the history of Texas prisons.
The “Witch Hunt” Barring Same-Sex Families from Adopting Children in Kansas
Are Kansas officials blocking same-sex families from adopting or fostering children?
The Anti-Immigration Activist Who Set The Stage For Donald Trump
Years before Donald Trump made aggressive anti-immigration rhetoric a centerpiece of his campaign, Maria Espinoza pioneered the political strategy of using the stories of families of Americans killed by undocumented immigrants to argue for restrictions on immigration.
The Battle for the #SoulofOakland
How the brutal beating of a poor black man at an Oakland Whole Foods became a symbol of the city’s gentrification struggle.
What Happens When A Parent’s Grief Goes Viral?
Humans have always found meaning in the tragedies of others. But what happens when social media enables well-meaning, sometimes-obsessive followers to take part in the grief of people they’ve never met?
Why Taylor Woolrich Wanted A Gun
After being relentlessly stalked by an older man and finding no protection from the legal system, a Dartmouth student becomes an unlikely gun-rights poster girl when she fights for permission to carry a gun on campus.
When A Newborn’s Sex Is In Question, Why Do Doctors Get To Decide?
Azeen Ghorayshi looks at what happens when babies are born intersex—with ambiguous genitalia—and whether surgeons should get to decide what sex a child should be raised.