Immigration Hysteria and a Show Summit: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Before the Trump era, you could count on the news to slow down in the summer. Instead, drama, chaos, and hysteria continue as the order of the day.
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Royals, Massacres and the Korea Dance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
“Something old and something new” was the theme of the visual week. The royal wedding counted as both--and sadly, so did the latest school massacre.
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Between Jerusalem, Gaza and the Media: The Tear Gas Spectacular
What stokes the media as effectively as it fuels insurgency and state power--especially in the Trump era? Simply put, it's the fireworks.
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French Invasion: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The visual news this week was dominated by the state visit of French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte. Korea, Cosby and Toronto were notable too.
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Our Take on that Viral “3 Presidents and Melania” Barbara Bush Funeral Pic
9 reasons why the photo from the Barbara Bush funeral won the internet.
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Between Zuckerberg, Trump/Cohen and Syria — Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Between Zuckerberg, Syria and the latest Trump storms, the news photos this week were more complex than usual.
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Less Teflon, More Substance: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
News photos this week seemed to treat issues with more complexity, and there was more focus on Trump's policy than personality. Something is shifting.
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Face Offs Everywhere: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
It was a week in which issues gained weight, or at least, more gravity, and the aggrieved aggressively challenged the status quo.
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Gun Protests: Watching Our Very Young Have a Political Awakening
It feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
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Walk Outs and Throw Downs – Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Student walkouts. Trump rapid firing, hiring and proclaiming. Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds.
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Gun Reform That Looks More Like America
Post Parkland, these photos place gun violence and reform advocates in a larger frame.
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High Caliber Meltdown: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The aftermath of gun violence, on top of an administration bleeding staff from outside investigations and internal warfare, has created the perfect storm.
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Understanding Trump’s School Shooting Listening Session, and the Cheat Sheet
It's all too easy to focus on Trump's severe personal limitations and miss the larger point, that it's the script for a show.
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Gender and the World Press Photo 2018 Award Finalists
In this current cultural moment, in the atmosphere of #MeToo, how do we reconcile this group of World Press Photo contest nominees?
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Super Bowl LII Ads Cleverly Exploit Fake News
The best Super Bowl ads this year make light of the fake news controversy and an America that hardly knows what (or who) to believe anymore.
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State of the Memo: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
With the House intel committee releasing a sham memo, and Trump delivered his first official State of the Union, it was a big week for propaganda.
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2018 State of the Union: The Trump Show in Screenshots
In spite of our snark, Dems better watch out because this SOTU demonstrated many of the skills that got Trump elected.
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Chatting the Pictures: Women’s March; Nassar Trial; Trump/Govt Shutdown
Hey, we’re trying a new thing! It’s publisher Michael Shaw and Salon host, Cara Finnegan, doing a live 25 minute Facebook chat riffing on 3 headline photos.
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