Profiles

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The New York Times Magazine

Rusty Cloutier Has Money to Spare

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Mother Jones

Dan Rather: Inside Mark Cuban's Gilded Cage

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

Melinda French Gates Is Just Getting Started

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Washington Post Magazine

The Master Salesman of For-Profit Education

Can controversial entrepreneur Chris Whittle create a new model for private schools?

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Marie Claire

Falling Toward Grace

Six years ago, a parachuting accident left extreme-sports daredevil Karina Hollekim near dead. Doctors said she'd never walk again, that her life as she knew it was over. But in the grueling years that followed, Hollekim had an epiphany: What if losing everything was the best thing that had ever happened to her?

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​Investigations

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

How Nonprofits Helped Fuel the Opioid Crisis

Drugmakers donated tens of millions of dollars to patient-advocacy and physicians’ groups. Those organizations helped create a massive market for deadly painkillers.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

Turmoil at Vote.org

The voter-registration group promoted by Taylor Swift has been wracked by resignations, layoffs, and regulatory lapses. Former employees blame the CEO.

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Marie Claire

Skating for Justice

Bridie Farrell was a promising 15-year-old speedskater when she started training with Andy Gabel, one of the sport's most decorated athletes. Now, more than 15 years later, she's opening up about disturbing allegations of misconduct— and raising unsettling questions about whether Olympic officials are doing enough to protect athletes from abusive coaches and competitors.

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Cosmopolitan

The Planned Parenthood Shooting Survivors Finally Speak Out

The workers who survived the 2015 shooting can't tell you their names - but they want you to know their story.

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Self

Why So Many Young Cancer Survivors Are Thousands Of Dollars In Debt

A cancer diagnosis can do much more than damage your health. For young women in particular, it can be a financial disaster.

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Science

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The New York Times Magazine 

Post-Traumatic Stress’s Surprisingly Positive Flip Side

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Orb Media

Age Well: Attitudes Matter In A Graying World

Your view of old age can determine how well you age and how long you live. Orb Media found that where older people are more respected, they are healthier and wealthier.

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The Wall Street Journal

After Trauma, New Strength as Well as New Scars

Survivors of terrible accidents and losses often find more meaningful ways to live and richer types of happiness

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Marie Claire

When Female Veterans Return Home

More than 380,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and about 1 in 5 of them return with post-traumatic stress disorder. One unorthodox veterans’ retreat is teaching female soldiers that war has not broken them. In fact, their anguish may be key to their transformation.

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East Bay Express
Farallon Feud 
When scientists at the national marine sanctuary tried to kill Lawrence Groth's ecotourism business, the captain bit back.

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Business and Real Estate

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The New York Times

Broadway Hits the Middle School Circuit

Adaptations of Broadway musicals to be performed by middle and high school students are becoming an increasingly important revenue stream for theater producers.

 

The New York Times

When a Co-op Board Misbehaves

Shareholders sometimes bristle at rules enforced by co-op boards, but if a board oversteps or works against owner interests, there is little recourse.

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The New York Times

Innovations Threaten the Neighborhood Bike Shop

Now a new bicycle — or a mechanic to repair an old one — can come directly to the customer.

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Fortune

Four Great Places to Retire

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The New York Times

Williamsburg, Toddlertown

Once a magnet for the postcollege, skinny-jeans set, a Brooklyn neighborhood is making room for strollers.

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Design

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T: Travel, The New York Times’ travel magazine

Altitude Slickness 

At a storied Swiss resort, one wide-eyed designer is scaling modernist heights.

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Key, The New York Times’ real estate magazine

The Curse of Duncraig Castle

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The New York Times

A Mies Masterwork, Deteriorating and in Dispute

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