As William Faulkner once wrote in his short story, "Barn Burning," farmers chose to ignite their barns in frustration over money and class divisions during the Great Depression in the South. Recently, Donald Short of Barren County, Ky., chose to burn his barn when the insurance company declared it irreparable. To burn a barn is cheaper than to hire a demolition crew.
This winter, U.S. News & World Report photographer Jim Lo Scalzo drove the length of the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Calif.
(3/10/06)
Yemen, an impoverished Muslim nation on the Arabian Peninsula, became a surprising U.S. ally in the wake of September 11. A look at the country and its people
(3/3/06)
