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Campaign '16 Photo October 19, 2016

Not Your Father’s Black Panthers: On Election ’16 and the Youngs

In this bleak campaign season, it’s wonderful to be reminded how much less of our old baggage young people are carrying around.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 17, 2016

On Trump, the Rally Mob and the Terrorizing of Journalists

Trump's blaming and bullying actually causes us to fear for the safety of the writers and photographers covering the last days of this pyrrhic campaign.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 14, 2016

A Few Photos for Anyone Asking: How Could Women Still Support Him?

What's hard to fathom is the gap between women who are sickened by Trump and those who can't seem to get enough of him.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 12, 2016

Hillary Nothing Without Donald: More Visual Debate Fallout

This debate photo of Hillary mouthless with a look of regard (when all Trump could do was berate her) cuts to the heart of women's negation.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 10, 2016

Clinton – Trump II: From Our Debate Tweet Storm

Here's what caught our eye during the second Clinton - Trump debate, an ugly spectacle we hope we never witness again.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 6, 2016

Trump, a Girl and a Big Purple Hat: Our Twitter/Instagram Favs

Beyond the campaign photos, we found a few other pictures with a little more heart.

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Campaign '16 Photo October 5, 2016

On David Butow’s “Trump Country, Michigan”

In that territory between fact and myth, what the photo brings up is "the silent majority."

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Activism & Protest Photo October 3, 2016

News Photos of Police Protests: More Profiling of Black Males

What we're seeing in these photo galleries is a replay of the stereotype associating young black men with criminal and savages.

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Campaign '16 Photo September 27, 2016

Clinton/Trump I: Debate Pix We Latched On To

With Clinton-Trump I in the debate record book, here's a group of pictures that caught our eye.

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Campaign '16 Photo September 26, 2016

Girl Power, Sexism and that Viral Hillary Millennial Selfie Swarm

Where is the passion for Hillary, you ask? It’s there in the photo, plain as day.

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Race & Ethnicity Photo September 22, 2016

On That Riot Cop/Bus Photo After Police Kill Black Man in Charlotte

Beyond its literal meaning, the text on the bus is also a blunt commentary about where we stand in this endless cycle of violence.

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Campaign '16 Photo September 19, 2016

The Hillary Optics, Seven Weeks to Go

If Democrats have been hoping Election '16 comes down to a referendum on Trump, these photos challenge that notion.

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Race Focus Photo September 15, 2016

What’s Already Incredible about the African-American History Museum

From John Carlos and TommySmith to Colin Kaepernick, the dynamic of this museum is already poignant to observe.

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Campaign '16 Photo

Photoville ’16 Salon: The Presidential Campaign Through New Eyes

In this live Reading the Pictures Salon from Photoville, we'll be discussing unconventional Election 2016 images with and by four key photographers.

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Campaign '16 Photo September 14, 2016

What’s Not Deplorable About “Deplorable Lives Matter”

OK, Trump supporters are sporting this phrase out of spite. But, what about the truth underlying all defensive gestures?

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Campaign '16 Photo September 12, 2016

Clinton “Healthers” Infect the Visual Newswire, Cough! Cough!

These pictures provide a clear example how the politics of destruction, and malignant rumors about Hillary Clinton's health, infected the visual news.

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9/11 Photo September 11, 2016

Memory, Poetry and Politics: Thoughtful Views from Instagram on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11

Far from the ash and the fireballs, we've collected a group of Instagram photos that evoke 9/11 in a more poetic, historical and/or political way.

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Campaign '16 Photo September 7, 2016

Trump’s Last Supper

You could imagine the photo, as he performs this incongruous campaign pivot, is a twist on the expectation of new followers and their allegiance.

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