After my brother died and my father was partially paralyzed, my family traveled 7,000 miles in search of an old home, a new house, and the things we’d lost on the road in between.
For decades, even after 9/11, Muslims felt at home in Tennessee, the “buckle of the Bible Belt.” Then it became one of the most hostile places in America.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Melissa Gira Grant reveals that heroism does not always lead to happy endings. Read it and other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Last summer, Neal Falls tried to murder Heather Saul — and police suspect she wasn’t the first escort he targeted. After killing him in self-defense, she was hailed as a vigilante hero, flooded with support, and turned into a symbol of the perils of sex work, but she wasn't ready for any of it.
The Ben Affleck of the late ‘90s was a charm machine: goofy, self-effacing, and deep in a highly public bromance with the equally winning Matt Damon. Within five years, he was a punchline. It took a decade for his career to recover. Today, he's once again at war with his image. So what's Affleck so ashamed of?
Feminists and conservatives, liberals and racists all say they want nothing more than to protect women’s rights. But right now even German law doesn’t do that. BuzzFeed News’ Jina Moore reports from Cologne.
You may not know him by name just yet, but he's one of the most powerful people alive. Google's new CEO Sundar Pichai wants to bring the internet to the rest of the world, all while winning back your trust.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Sarah Weinman uncovers an all-too-relevant piece of lost history. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
On August 13, 1903, Gilbert Twigg opened fire during a concert in Winfield, Kansas, killing nine and injuring dozens. There was no motive, and no one had ever seen anything like it before, or for decades after. Yet it's the archetype for the kind of tragedy we see so frequently now.
Erasmo Francisco de Lima saved a woman held hostage at São Paulo's largest cathedral, only to be gunned down seconds later. Viral video of the homeless man's death became a rallying cry for compassion — but could internet fame provide closure for de Lima's family or lasting change for Brazil’s urban poor?
A cache of documents used by ISIS to register foreign fighters, which was obtained by BuzzFeed News, reveals the personal details of jihadis who normally keep to the shadows. Thousands of pages of bureaucratic details tell their stories for the first time.
In the rehab capital of America, addicts are bought, sold, and stolen for their insurance policies, and many women are coerced into sex.
While buying groceries for rich people, I realized upward mobility in America is largely a myth.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Amanda Chicago Lewis reveals the legal weed industry's race problem. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Black Americans were disproportionately targeted in the "war on drugs." Now state laws and steep regulatory costs have left them far more likely to be shut out of America's profitable marijuana boom.
Can the campus anti-rape movement trickle down to middle and high schools, where students are much more vulnerable?
Global match-fixing evidence found in crime ring's secret files.
Boston’s Chinatown has been a safe haven for Chinese immigrants for generations, but it's being uprooted by urban development — like so many other close-knit neighborhoods across the country. BuzzFeed News follows one Chinese-American family's struggle to hang on to their home.
When most Americans think of truckers, they imagine big, burly men — not Melissa Rojas. The Michigan-based mom is one of less than 6% of long-haul drivers who are women. Though weeks on the road can sometimes bring more frustration than freedom, she wouldn’t have it any other way.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Anne Helen Petersen goes inside a school with a surprising take on gun control. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
During the winter, it can take 45 minutes for police to arrive at Garden Valley High School — one of several reasons the district trains teachers to use rifles stored around the school. To some outsiders, it’s foolish. But to the residents of Garden Valley, it’s a solution that matches the challenges that distinguish their home.
In romance novels and porn, white people are free to fall in love and have sex without worrying about racial representation.
Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah travels to James Baldwin's home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, and examines the impact of a writer whose legacy cannot be erased.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Jessica Ogilvie hits the road with a female trucker. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
On any given week in Hollywood, untold numbers of comics toil away on projects big and small, experimental and conventional, availing themselves of the new and novel ways their work can be seen. Ride along for a hectic sampling of one of those weeks.
Every year, female veterans strap on ball gowns and combat boots to compete in Ms. Veteran America — a pageant for women who've served. The battle for the crown includes a push-up contest, trivia, and talent shows, but for many contestants, just being there is a victory in itself.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Charlie Warzel revisits the weirdest, most wonderful day on the internet. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
From two llamas escaping an Arizona retirement community to fashion's most notorious optical illusion, February 26, 2015, was the day that everyone — everyone — came together online to cheer, then argue. One year later, the people who accidentally created a phenomenon remember the internet's perfect storm and what it wrought.
While working to finish her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, 23-year-old Jara Krys is working toward some ambitious goals. By diversifying her clients, increasing her rates, and investing heavily in her personal brand, Krys aims to become the world's most elite transgender escort – and a high-profile advocate for sex worker rights and trans equality.
After starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Mark Patton left Hollywood behind. More than 30 years later, the film has become a homoerotic cult classic — and its leading man is coming to terms with what he calls the "ultimate betrayal."
This week for BuzzFeed News, Joel Anderson explores the dilemma of being a black cop in Baltimore. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Pop culture fronts like black women can’t love both a partner and our hair extensions, but it’s really not that deep.
From the black panthers to HBCUs to fights for representation, here are our biggest stories on some of the most important people, places, moments, and movements in black American history. Time for some education.
A look inside the Nigerian terror group finds crumbling morale, with its own fighters struggling to feed themselves — while trying to raise an army of recruits to be unleashed as bombers. Monica Mark reports from Yola for BuzzFeed News.
For decades, Delilah has brought her mix of power ballads and no-bullshit personal advice to national airwaves. How did a four-time-married, self-proclaimed Queen of Sappy Love Songs conquer radio and become America’s go-to heartbreak guru?
In November 2014, Akai Gurley was shot and killed by a rookie police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project. As the officer's trial begins, Gurley’s family and friends tell BuzzFeed News the definitive story of the man they lost.
This week for BuzzFeed News, Elena Carter unravels the mysterious case of the Omaha Two. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
In 1971, Omaha Black Panther leaders Edward Poindexter and Mondo we Langa were sentenced to life in prison for a bombing that killed a local police officer. In the 45 years since, they’ve been fighting for a quieter type of liberation — their own.
Hail, Caesar! postures as a trifle of a film: an appreciation of ‘50s Hollywood with an aimless plot and a handful of beautiful showpieces. But the film’s point is far more sneaky — and far less sweet.
Anti-corruption investigators who have spent years probing a deal between an Israeli diamond dealer and the West African country of Guinea hope the Panama Papers will shed light on one of the most lucrative mining contracts in Africa’s history.
Exclusive: In his first interview following the furore over his husband's death in Australia, Marco Bulmer-Rizzi told BuzzFeed News of the trauma of "losing him again" on his way back to Britain.
The New York judge's ruling on Wednesday threw out all of the "Tik Tok" singer's abuse claims against the music producer and blocked her from amending her original complaint.
Writer Nazimuddin Samad, who was also studying for a master's in law, was attacked by a machete-wielding mob on the streets of Dhaka, the capital.
Phil Jones says his adult children were forced to "disconnect" with him after he and his wife left the religion. The new billboard in Los Angeles urges Jones' children to "call me."
