What Happens When the Police Misidentify You as the Dallas Shooter
When one person of color exercised his right to bear arms at the Dallas Black Lives Matter protest to make a point about racial injustice, the police named him as the suspect after a shooting broke out. In racially charged America, the right to bear arms does not apply equally.
My Son, The Prince Of Fashion
Chabon takes his 13-year-old son to Paris fashion week and gains a greater understanding of who he is.
Welcome to Camp Midlife Crisis!
Around one million adults went to camp last year. The author spends time at an adult sleep-away called Camp Grounded, which prohibits booze, phones, the internet, time-keeping devices and talking about work in order to give participants a “digital detox,” because only when we can step away from technology can we learn to reconnect with each other.
An Oral History of ‘We Built This City,’ the Worst Song of All Time
Warning: This link autoplays the song. It will be stuck in your head all day.
Inside the Federal Bureau of Way Too Many Guns
A sobering behind-the-scenes look at the antiquated system for tracing gun ownership in America.
The Uber Killer: The Real Story of One Night of Terror
Heath takes us through a careful account of the night a 45-year-old Uber driver named Jason Dalton murdered six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan while picking up fares. Dalton’s motives that night are baffling.
The Tamir Rice Story: How to Make a Police Shooting Disappear
How the grand jury process, and decisions by prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, allowed government officials to ensure there would be no indictment against police officers in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
The Fugitive, His Dead Wife, and the 9/11 Conspiracy Theory That Explains Everything
Kurt Sonnenfeld became a suspect in the death of his wife and moved to Argentina to start a new life. When the U.S. government pursued extradition, Sonnenfeld began insisting to Argentinian media that the U.S. wanted him for ulterior motives related to 9/11.
Kim Kardashian West on Kanye and Taylor Swift, What’s in O.J.’s Bag, and Understanding Caitlyn
Celebrity interviews are often riddled with softball questions and tightly controlled by publicists. Kim Kardashian West’s full-time job is getting the public interested in her personal life, which means she doesn’t hold back in this interview with GQ.
How a Son Survived Being Injected with HIV by His Father
Twenty-four years ago, in an act of ghastly malice, a Missouri father plunged a needle filled with HIV-positive blood into his baby son’s vein. No one expected the son to live—but he thrived.