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Illustration by Corey Corcoran Edward Burtynsky’s Warning
What the photographer found in a tire pile in Modesto, California, and on the shores of Western Australia
Edward Burtynsky / Howard Greenberg Gallery NY No Parents Allowed
Before smartphones and social media, teenagers constructed their identity on the walls of their room.
Courtesy of Adrienne Salinger / D.A.P. He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.
How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
Illustration by Lucy Murray Willis Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?
Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.
Ian Langsdon / Getty The Road Dogs of the American West
Survivalists, drifters, and divorcées across a resurgent wilderness
Bryan Schutmaat Arthur Miller Explains Death of a Salesman
In a newly discovered letter to a college student, written shortly after the premiere of his most famous work, the playwright describes his theory of tragedy.
Photo-illustration by Elizabeth Hart. Letter courtesy of Arthur Miller Trust / Wylie Agency LLC. Alamy. A Memorial at the Barn
After an Atlantic story about the lynching of Emmett Till, the barn where he was murdered will be converted into a memorial.
Illustration by The Atlantic; Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post / Getty; Bettmann / Getty C. J. Rice’s Conviction Is Overturned
After a cover story in The Atlantic, a man convicted of a crime he insists he did not commit now has a chance to be freed from prison.
P. Michael Moffa Appalachia’s Quiet Time Bombs
The deadly floods that swept a pocket of eastern Kentucky challenge common preconceptions about climate villains and victims.
Stefani Reynolds / AFP / Getty
