How to Get Away with Uber

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

Means of Descent

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

My Father, Donald Trump

By Oliver Bateman

Quit Your Job and Go to Work

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.

Selfie: A (Short) Book From Matter

By Rachel Syme

A SEA OF FACES

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

American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel

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.

Burning Down the Mouse

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

The Pink Ghetto of Social Media

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

What’s it really like to be 18 in America right now?

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…

What’s It Really Like To Be 18 In America Right Now?

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

Living With Being Dead

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

“Have You Ever Thought About Killing Someone?”

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

Who Killed Mellory Manning?

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

“If we run and they kill us, so be it. But we have to run now.”

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

Could The Sex Life of Plants Help Solve a Murder?

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

Unfreed

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

Eat Pray Roll

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

The Passing of Time

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

You Can’t Kill a Swan

Wales turns out to be pretty weird.

The Patters

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

Love in the Time of Bae

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.

Eating Jack Hooker’s Cow

Annotating a revolutionary, controversial, deeply personal magazine story

How Betabrand Is Making It Cool To Be Uncool

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