In “A Broken House,” Mohamad Hafez re-creates Damascus with found objects.

Concentration in agriculture may be a source of rural America’s pro-Trump political backlash.

Steve Coll on the catastrophe now likely to engulf Afghan civilians.

New York City’s Ka has built an astonishing independent hip-hop career.

G.O.P. leaders are sticking to an anti-science message.

It’s a dishonorable end that weakens U.S. standing in the world.

Free stuff is the zenith of the gardener’s life.

A law professor documents the loss of life inside jails and prisons in Louisiana.

“When did it become obvious that the young couple had taken something?”

“The year is still the perpetual now / refusing to escape its frame.”

The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.

“A human is not such a perfect machine.”