Only Alt-Right Economics Could Create Such a Powerful Muslim Ban Protest Photo
Of course, the photo is making a moral argument. But then the picture "gets down to business."
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The Trump-Putin Call: Our Tweet Thread
As the first high profile "behind the scenes" photo from the Trump White House, there were some details to absorb.
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Telling Signs: Women’s March vs. March for Life
Do you know how to tell the difference between a more populist protest and one driven by special interest groups?
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Trump’s Captives: On the Pathological White House Body Language
Get ready for years of photos of people held held hostage, of Trump as the Wizard of Oz.
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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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Our “Trump Writes” Tweet Thread
Best stick to Twitter? We deconstruct Trump's Instagram in which he's surely writing his inauguration speech.
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Obama as Chicago Keepsake — A Unique Photo Farewell
Seeing how people in Chicago have saved and displayed Obama's image or memorabilia expresses his impact and farewell in a more personal way.
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MLK Day Meets the Trump Inauguration
We felt a special obligation this year to find just the right photo to commemorate Martin Luther King Day.
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The Jeff Sessions Attorney General Hearing in 7 Photos
As it turned out, the amount of political and racial baggage Sessions brought to the table generated plenty of visual noise.
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Hello Orwell: On the Congressman’s Kid Who Dabbed Paul Ryan
In the new atmosphere, the dab can be seen in the same register as the Kaepernick knee down.
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Bernie Commandeers a Trump Tweet
What Bernie did is profound. He captured a Trump tweet, a telling one, the same way you would capture and display an infected mosquito in a jar.
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A Year Ends, A Year Begins: Our Best From Twitter and Instagram
Hypervigilance does not make for the cheeriest mood.
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Reading the Pictures: Best Posts of 2016
Enjoy our best posts of 2016…. January MLK: March 25, 1965 Photo: AP What makes the MLK photo seem so immediate and contemporary is how much it feels like a selfie. For a news photo, it’s unusually intimate even now. February On that Startling Flint Photo of 3 African-American...
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The Politics of Xmas: Our RTP Twitter and Instagram Favs of the Season
Yes, it's like November 8th has taken over everything. The key is not to lose your wit/s.
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On the Photos of the Russian Ambassador’s Assassination in Ankara: Our Tweet Thread
The overlap between online and social media, and war and terror is so complex, it's hard to make sense of what we're looking at.
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The New Foreboding: Our Twitter and Instagram Favs of the Week
This round up of our best social media this week is colored by the ominous presidential transition and what it portends for the future.
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The Eventful Photo Leading NYT Election Hacking Story
The photo of this Watergate-era artifact goes a long way in tackling how Russian hackers pulled this off.
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Meet the Racists!
If the racists are trying to mask their hatred, the NY Times story makes for the kind of advertising you just can't buy.
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