America’s forest workers are getting fired. Plus: the attack on Mahmoud Khalil’s rights and Trump’s escalating tariffs.

Pot of pasta with meat sauce and a wooden spoon. Text reads "Just made about 15 servings of the worst pasta I have ever had ...

It’s not easy, but here’s how Mark Krotov, the publisher of the literary magazine n+1, attempts it, often with his 6-year-old daughter along for the ride.