1. Lucas Foglia for The New York Times

    Feature

    The Water Wars of Arizona

    Attracted by lax regulations, industrial agriculture has descended on a remote valley, depleting its aquifer — leaving many residents with no water at all.

  2. Illustration by Radio

    Tip

    How to Go Back to a Flip Phone

    Wean yourself slowly from the smartphone. Pay more attention to geography.

  3. Illustration by R.O. Blechman

    Poem

    Poem: Ongoing

    Selected by RITA DOVE

  4. Paola Kudacki for The New York Times

    Feature

    Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces

    The first female Asian-American playwright on Broadway takes aim at identity and watches the audience squirm.

  2. Talk

    Celeste Sloman for The New York Times

    Parker Posey Still Loves Generation X

    The actress and author on the precariousness of the movie business and shouting at people from her car.

  3. The Ethicist

    Tomi Um

    How Can I Make My Partner’s Parents More Woke?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on handling racially insensitive remarks from a partner’s parents and keeping a bad actor off the board of directors.