I traveled around the country telling strangers how to better their lives—until I learned that the those offering to solve your problems are often the ones who need help.

An economically devastated swath of Appalachia became ground zero for America’s alarming epidemic of opioid addiction. These are the people trying desperately to lift themselves...

Abandoned by my father and bullied by schoolmates, I once dreamed of becoming a teenage Jihadist. But it wasn’t until I abandoned Islam that I truly became a pariah.

I was a lonely writer in a strange new city. The Internet told me joining a book club would solve all my problems. But the Internet has never had to read historical romance about...

After a broken engagement, my daughter was just one more millennial moving back into her childhood bedroom. And I was one more aging parent feeling guilty for wanting my humble...