Tax Cuts to Die For: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
In spite of the momentous scope and dire consequences of the tax plan, it's remarkable how little heed the media and the public paid to it.
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Grinch Parade: Our First Trump-Era Holiday Roundup
In the age of Trump, political hysteria and destruction does not take a day off.
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Franken, Harassment, and the Power of a Picture
In Franken's case, his indiscretion may fundamentally differ from the acts of Weinstein or Roy Moore, but he's damned by the photo.
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Power and Abuse: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
This week, sexual abuse and the waning Trump Asia trip dominated the visual news. And it’s not like Trump and the harassment issue were that distinct, as the Der Spiegel cover relates.
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Peking Trump: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
From Trump's yawning Asia trip, to the Democratic election sweep, to still another horrific gun massacre, it's our visual roundup of the week.
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The Best Visual Response to the NYC Truck Attack
With the White House immediately politicizing the New York truck attack, the picture serves as a critical counterweight.
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Indictment Special: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
This week’s visual news was dominated by the first charges brought in the Trump Campaign Russia investigation.
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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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Throwing Russian Flags at Trump
Maybe the Trump flag attack would have been more effective six months ago when the Russia story still dominated the news. Otherwise, all it hit was teflon.
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Has Climate Change Killed the California Dream?
California is used to the edge. With the multi-year drought and now these firestorms, however, I'm wondering if climate change has tipped the scale.
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Wildfire, White House, Weinstein & More: Our Roundup of the Week
Another week, another conflagration. Next week, we’re praying for fire containment in California, more power and water in Puerto Rico, and no new disasters.
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Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Catalonia: Our Roundup of the Week
Hurricanes, earthquakes, the threat of nuclear war. Just when you thought another cataclysm couldn't possibly happen, the Las Vegas massacre happened.
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Nick Oza’s Haunting Photo from Inside the Mandalay Hotel
The image channels every photo we've seen of the Mandalay Hotel's exterior since the attack.
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On that Photo of Air Force One Passing the Scene of the Vegas Massacre
Putting Air Force One and the stricken hotel together as objects demands the consideration of one in terms of the other.
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Las Vegas Mass Shooting Photos: What’s Different This Time
What makes the photos from Las Vegas different than those of previous gun massacres? The politics are baked in this time.
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Reading the Pictures Salon: Michael Shaw and Pete Souza in Conversation at Photoville ’17
Watch Michael Shaw and Pete Souza discuss key Obama photos at Photoville 2017 before the start of Pete's national book tour.
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Puerto Rico is Not a Country: Our Roundup of the Week
Our social media roundup this week deals with hurricane politics, Puerto Rico and Trump’s attack on NFL football players protesting racial injustice.
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The Visual Politics of Colin Kaepernick
After Donald Trump's ugly outburst about athletes who "take the knee," it seemed time to look at the man our president was alluding to.
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