Brooke Gladstone

The staging of Shakespeare's comedy Love's Labors Lost in Kabul as a celebration of hope and a form of therapy.

How the fight over the true identity of William Shakespeare reflects shifting perceptions of culture, class, genius, art, and... ourselves. 

Brooke donned her finest ruff and took a trip to Washington Square Park to hear what the Bard means to the "rabble" (as he would say).

The Panama Papers are the result of an unprecedented feat of journalistic coordination. We check in with reporters from around the world who were involved. 

Forty years after its release, "All the President's Men" is still seen as a symbol of all that is good in American journalism. If it weren't for one man, it might not have been so.

How US corporate and political interests aligned to create the perfect conditions for the Panamanian offshore banking industry to flourish.   

When President Obama criticized the press this week, he extended his criticism to the public too. As as members of a news-consuming public, what ethical responsibilities do we have? 

The most celebrated face of investigative journalism in Africa belongs to a journalist who very few would recognize. He's even disguised himself as a rock to report a story.

French journalist Nicolas Henin was held hostage by ISIS for ten months. He says declarations of war against the terrorist group is exactly what it wants.

Cuba! Land of music, land of cars, land of cigars and rum! Most of all: land of worn out media clichés and tropes. A style guide for bad Cuba coverage.

On his visit to Argentina on the 40th anniversary of the military coup, Obama vowed to declassify documents showing U.S. role in abetting Argentina's Dirty War. 

You've heard that money buys elections. But if most of it is used on ineffective television ads, then what is it really buying? 

This week, in an op-ed published by the state-run Global Times, the Chinese government used Trump’s rise as an object lesson on the perils of democracy. 

Contempt for the poor has always been a fixture of American society.

Years before adult coloring books were whimsical stress relievers, they were objects of political subversion. 

Driven by the desire to amass a beautiful library of rare books, a bibliophile becomes a notorious thief.  

Stories about the imperiled publishing industry have become so familiar that it was something of a shock when publishers reported marked growth this past year.

Pundits often rely on the amount of money candidates have raised to predict whether they'll win. It's not that simple. 

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver crunched the numbers and found Trump's success was extremely unlikely. He wasn't wrong, and yet here we are. So why is this election so unpredictable?

Yes, this election year has been particularly unpredictable, but that alone doesn't let the media off the hook. After all, they're always wrong! Why? That's a bit more complicated.