Chatting the Pictures: Riot Cop Photo Raises Question of “Who’s the Other?”
A prominent photo from the civil rights protests in Minnesota raises important questions about power and place.
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Chatting the Pictures: Kamala’s Sorority Sisters Stroll Dance in Harlem Inspired by 2020 Victory
We discuss the joy and history of Alpha Kappa Alpha as Kamala's sorority sisters stroll dance in Harlem inspired by the Biden/Harris victory.
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Chatting the Pictures: Early Voting With a Passion
Despite the obstacles, citizens are determined to be heard in the 2020 election. We discuss this "first day of voting" photo from Georgia.
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Chatting the Pictures: Militia Fist Bump With Riot Cop at Stone Mountain
This video looks at the presence of armed Trump supporters, and rising concern over the relationship between police and white militia groups.
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Chatting the Pictures: Protest, Racial Justice, and Portland’s ”Wall of Moms”
This webcast looks at the militarized response to racial justice protest in Portland and the role of a largely white mothers group demonstrating there.
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Where John Lewis Meets the Present Moment
Crowley's photo honoring John Lewis elevates an important aspect of the movement. It highlights today's injustices as yet another opportunity to educate.
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Telling Image of Race at DC Emancipation Statue
It's an especially symbolic photo as America reckons with the legacy of Black slavery. Studying Evelyn Hockstein's photo, the question is where to begin?
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Refacing the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond
As it awaits its fate, the Robert E. Lee monument has become nothing short of an artistic magnet—literally a canvas to change.
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Chatting the Pictures: 3 Signature Images of the George Floyd Protests
In this week's Chatting the Pictures, educator John Mason joins us to discuss key portraits from the protests following the killing of George Floyd.
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Tabloids Get Black Man’s “Heroic” Rescue of White Hooligan Exactly Backwards
Take away the celebration and what we have is a visual testament to the way black people have historically been weighed down and burdened by the white man.
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Apartheid’s Legacy From Here: The Photo That Struck Me Most At Photoville
I'm sure this scene is more nuanced in South Africa. But to see a photo in America of black kids eyeballing a white kid is exceedingly rare.
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Louisiana Church Fires in the Shadow of All Else
The Louisiana church fires have been largely overlooked. Edmund Fountain's powerful parishioner portrait calls out: "We are here!"
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On the New Yorker “Shithole” Cover, Among Others
This is probably the most damaging word picture Trump, or any politician, has ever uttered. My quick takes on the illo.
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There’s #TakeAKnee, and There’s Take a Knee
Of course, we were owed a better caption. At the same time, though, it makes for an interesting experiment to see how much we assume.
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The Dreamers and the Pictures: Rising Above
The Dreamers' legitimacy was obvious in the widespread disdain for Trump's action. It is also echoing through the news photography.
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On Tokenism, and Trump’s Jewish Make-Up Photo at the African American Museum
Trump turns this moment -- and the African American Museum of History and Culture itself -- into the same thing it converts every shred of real estate into.
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Black Soldiers as White House Props, Once Again
I predict a steady diet of pictures like this one as the White House panders along.
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Cranky Transfer of Power: Our Trump Inauguration Round Up
Perhaps the best thing way to sum up the inauguration is that the deed has been done and the Trump era has officially begun.
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