Hamilton Nolan · 08/01/13 12:01PM

"Should insider trading be legal? Insiders say yes." Should robbing insiders be legal? Outsiders say yes.

A Former Death Row Inmate Describes Solitary Confinement

Hamilton Nolan · 08/01/13 11:03AM

In 2008, Montez Spradley was convicted in Alabama of killing a 58-year-old woman during a robbery. He was sentenced to death. In 2011, his conviction was reversed due to serious errors in the case. In this letter, he describes life on death row.

Brave Man Saves Sad Trapped Coyote From Barbed Wire Doom

Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/01/13 10:46AM

Casting aside his very understandable fears, an everyday hero goes above and beyond the call of duty to rescue a distressed coyote that went and got itself entangled in a barbed wire fence.

That Shark Hunters Show Is Pretty Fucked Up

Rich Juzwiak · 08/01/13 10:29AM

First, a word on bias: A show that celebrates and glamorizes the sport fishing of threatened animals like sharks makes chum out of my bleeding heart.

Max Read · 08/01/13 07:03AM

Taylor Berman · 07/31/13 09:15PM

Looks like the boycotts didn't work: the Rolling Stone issue featuring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover was a hit. The “Boston Bomber” issue sold 13,332 copies in retail stores, more than double the magazine's average sales from last year.

Taylor Berman · 07/31/13 06:47PM

Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones are leaving Parks and Recreation next season. Jones and Lowe will exit the show in the season's 13th episode, which is set to air in February.