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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
The Most Devastating Pictures From the Last 72 Hours of Fire in California

Madison Pauly
Susan Meiselas’ Work Has Changed How We Think About Photojournalism. Her Retrospective Actually Does It Justice.

Mark Murrmann
Trump Asked, "What Do You Have to Lose?" This Illinois Town Found Out.

Tim Murphy
The Secret Stash of Soviet Street Photographer Masha Ivashintsova

Photos by Masha Ivashintsova; Text by Lev Feigin
Canada Is About to Inhale the Global Pot Market. Thanks, Jeff Sessions.

Brett Popplewell
Remembering When the Ramones Were Young, Raw, and Couldn’t Take a Bad Photo

Photos by Danny Fields; Interview by Mark Murrmann
California’s Housing Crisis Is So Bad, Families Are Squatting Abandoned Homes Just to Survive

Text by Bryan Schatz; Photography by McNair Evans
They Came Here Seeking Freedom and Were Imprisoned Instead. Look at Their Faces.

Text by Julie Winokur; Photographs by Ed Kashi/VII for Newest Americans

Portraits of Suffering and Resilience in Puerto Rico Six Months After Maria

Photography by Eduardo Meléndez; Text by AJ Vicens
Death by a Thousand Cuts

Photographs by Jason Koxvold
Actually, the US Has a Rich Tradition of Military Parades. But Normally They’re After Military Victories and Stuff.

Mark Murrmann
Here Are 10 of the Most Captivating Photo Books of the Year. Just Look.

Mark Murrmann
“One Nation, Under Protest”

Photos by Garrett MacLean