Incel began as a term for the ache of not being chosen —an ache that, for many young men, has become defining. The birth of 'incel' In the late 1990s, a Canadian woman known only as Alana created ...

In April, Alek Minassian drove a van into a crowded pedestrian street in Toronto, killing ten people. Before the attack, Minassian posted a cryptic Facebook rant that provided some possible insight ...

In the quiet corners of the internet, an unlikely brotherhood has formed. They call themselves incels—short for “involuntarily celibate”—and their forums hum with the voices of young men who believe ...