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Forget the Neon—This New Photo Collection Shows Darkness and Decay Along America’s Highway

Text by Mark Murrmann; Photos by Edward Keating
A Photographer Reveals How a Shrinking African Landscape Leaves Little Room for Animals to Survive

Photography by Nick Brandt
On the Road with Esperanza Spalding

Jacob Blickenstaff
This Is What It Looks Like When Teachers Organize

Rosa Furneaux
Portraits of America’s Genderqueer Community

Text by Rosa Furneaux; Photos by Chloe Aftel

Beyond Cigars and Vintage Cars: A New Photobook Shows You What Havana Really Looks Like Now

Text by Mark Murrmann; Photographs by Greg Kahn
Two Years Ago, the Trump Administration Limited Abortion Access Worldwide. These Powerful Images Reveal the Impact.

Text and Photographs by Tara Todras-Whitehill
On the Road With Matthew Houck, a.k.a. Phosphorescent

Jacob Blickenstaff
Chicago’s Jail Is One of the Country’s Biggest Mental Health Care Providers. Here’s a Look Inside.

Text by Samantha Michaels; Photos by Lili Kobielski
These Haunting Photos Show the Pain of Native Children Ripped From Their Parents

Rosa Furneaux; Photographs by Daniella Zalcman
“The United States Astonishes and Scares Me”: Members of the Migrant Caravan Share Their Stories

Photographs by Brett Gundlock
Here’s What Lockdown Drills Are Like for Schoolchildren

Photos and Text by Amanda Field
Lynsey Addario Risked Her Life to Bring Us These Amazing Photographs

Rosa Furneaux
Alec Byrne Had Unparalleled Access to ’60s and ’70s Rock Heavyweights. His New Book Reflects How Special That Was.

Photographs by Alec Byrne; Text by Mark Murrmann

Hoods, Hazing, and Heavy Drinking: A Look Inside an Elite University’s Fraternity Culture

Rosa Furneaux
Religious War Left This Philippine City Uninhabitable

Photographs by David Maurice Smith
Haunting Poems and Photos From a State Torn by Fracking

Rosa Furneaux; photography by Steven Rubin
Shockingly Candid Photos Of Life on a 1970s Arkansas Prison Farm

Photographs by Bruce Jackson
A Firsthand Look at Teachers Training to Pack Heat

Kate Way