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Three men enter the new wild west of baby making, online forums where sperm donors connect with hopeful parents, but find themselves exchanging more...

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America's largest retirement community strive to find...

Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now...

Some of the generation’s most iconic creators reflect on how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an indelible...

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color...

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated...

This investigation into the layers of mass incarceration and its shaping of the modern black American family is seen through the eyes of a single...

The analysis delves into systemic problems, controversial methodologies, and pressing demands for reform that have profoundly impacted the horse...

In Denver, an intrepid activist runs for office with the aim of eliminating cash bail.

An inside look at Louis C.K.’s public downfall and surprising return to the stage. Featuring interviews with three women -- Jen Kirkman, Abby...

Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.

Part of the Almost Famous series. She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the...

"When baseball star Curt Flood rejected a trade in 1969, he challenged America’s pastime and helped spark a revolution that rippled beyond the...

To beg for leniency, defense attorneys are producing entire documentaries for an audience of one: the judge.

In his short lifetime, J Dilla was a musician, producer and visionary who profoundly influenced rap and hip-hop. Given how prolific he was in his 32...

The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese...

A jaded lawyer wastes an afternoon trying to figure out if a dim-witted government employee has ever used a photocopier. All the dialogue in this...

The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in...