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What exactly is it about the controversy-baiting, aggressive, indispensable taxi app that pisses so many people off?

We ignore the powerless at our own peril, says LBJ biographer Robert Caro.

By Oliver Bateman

The future of employment was meant to liberate us from the shackles of a 9-to-5. In fact, it’s leaving people in a semi-flexible purgatory.

By Rachel Syme

Don’t forget to also read my seven-part essay “Selfie.”

It started out as a routine missing persons case. But by the time the internet was done with her, Elisa Lam had become a macabre celebrity.

Sometimes it takes going Full Mickey to recognize that Dismaland is real, and resistance is futile.

In news organizations, female leaders outnumber men in only one division. What does that mean for the future of women in the newsroom?

This spring, Matter worked with a class of high school seniors in the San Francisco Bay Area to find the answer to that question. Through a…

This spring, Matter worked with a class of high school seniors in the San Francisco Bay Area to find the answer to that question.

This terrifying disorder turns people into living zombies. But somewhere in the troubled brains of victims may be the key to consciousness.

Doc fantasized about being murdered, disemboweled, buried in the desert. His friends thought he was joking. But Doc insisted.

Dallas Mildenhall used obscure science to crack cases around the world. Then a brutal killing took place in his own backyard.

It has been a year since 276 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. This is the definitive story from those who escaped.

The Pollen Detective: New Zealand’s under-pressure police needed to solve a grisly killing. So they turned to an expert in the invisible.

He was accidentally released from prison 88 years early. He had his second chance. Then officials discovered the error.

I needed a vacation from my adult life — from myself. I tried new jobs, no job, exercise, meditation, sex, food. Then I tried molly.

In the conclusion to “Love in the Time of Bae,” Anthony and Charlotte finally meet.

Wales turns out to be pretty weird.

The first boy who ever kissed me was named Scott and he got in touch with me recently…

Read the story of how two teens met and fell in love in the 21st century. A simple story that got a lot more complicated.

Annotating a revolutionary, controversial, deeply personal magazine story

Why the start-up’s goofball, vital, crowdsourced approach to clothing (Vagisoft Hoodies! Dress Pant Sweat Pants) is the future of fashion.