A history of the fowl.

As Playboy magazine moves to Los Angeles, the writer considers its place in the Midwest.

No other general interest magazine tried to reach readers in the wide swathe of land between New York and California. “It was a Midwestern magazine, designed for people there. If you wanted it to be hip, edgy, go toe-to-toe with GQ, you were making a mistake,” said Chris Napolitano, a former executive editor who began at Playboy in 1988.

On the ouster of CEO Janet Robinson and the company’s financial woes.

On the enduring political influence and entrenched racism of the Greek system at the University of Alabama.

The political fight over a new football stadium in Minnesota.

The story behind “the best brisket you’ll ever eat.”

The anatomy of a sex abuse scandal at a Christian school in Oklahoma.

A man living in the Boston suburbs learns he could be one of the only survivors of a 1982 massacre in Guatemala.

The author on his mother’s deteriorating health and the “price of longevity.”

For 12 days she was tortured and raped by a former neighbor, who strung her up on a deer-skinning device. On the fourth day, she forgave him.