How one of the religious right's most powerful institutions transformed into a wildly lucrative online empire

Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents

Moms ask if my "feminine" son is gay. Strangers tell me I'm being too permissive. Here's what they don't understand

Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to a new study

The FDA mulls a return to the hormone-heavy birth control pills of yore. Plus: Women's plasma is no good for transfusions!

A battle over an artifact becomes a religious fight

My mother was convinced my father killed himself and it was her fault. I couldn't get her to see the truth

He's tried and tried and I wonder if it's hopeless. What can I do?

Fans of free software go after Apple -- but their real enemy is TiVo.

Neuroscience shows the media's overwhelming whiteness really is changing our minds. But we can change them back

In many cases across the country, family courts ignore evidence of sexual or physical abuse, putting kids in peril

Why should the masses bother with free software when stealing from Microsoft is practically patriotic?

In "Facing the Wind," author and journalist Julie Salamon explores the strange case of a family man who murdered his family and went on to have a second family 11 years later.

I brought them up well, but I couldn't erase my family's legacy of alcoholism, depression and bipolar disorder.

A melting pot of several stories, "Summer of Sam" is a sprawling urban epic from Brooklyn's native son.