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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Disasters, Natural and U.N.-Natural: Our Weekly Roundup
It feel like disaster all around. That's par for the course with Trump in charge, but nature has been going the same way.
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News Photos: Taking 2 Quakes to Feel for Mexico
It took a second devastating earthquake for visual media to focus more intimately on Mexico's suffering. Should it have?
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Anticipating a Conversation with Pete Souza at Photoville
I am looking forward to Saturday's special edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon at the fabulous Photoville festival. I'll be having a conversation with former White House photographer, Pete Souza.
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Monster Hurricanes and Eco Disaster Photos: The Indecisive Moment
These eco disaster photos allow us to take account of the slow consequences of Harvey and Irma. The fact they defy closure is the whole point.
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Salam 9/11
The photo was taken in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It seems even more relevant now.
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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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The Most Powerful, Least Seen Harvey Photos: Our Roundup
From the beginning, we sensed Harvey would be physically and socially devastating. These powerful, but lesser seen photos stood out.
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Harvey Unprecedented? What About 2 Weeks Ago in Sierra Leone?
Although Harvey's impact seems to be mercifully smaller in ways than recent monster storms overseas, these events call for larger ways to scale them.
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American Refugees: On that Harvey Portrait by Alyssa Schukar
In one incredibly lashing from the heavens, we now face our own refugee crisis.
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Eclipse as the One Bright Spot: Our Roundup of the Week
The tepid, reluctant Afghanistan reboot. Phoenix. The ongoing impact of Charlottesville. The best we could say this week was, thank heavens for the eclipse.
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Phoenix Jesus: On Scott Mahaskey’s Trump Rally Protest Photo
M. Scott Mahaskey's photo taken outside Trump's rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night is as audacious, and biblical, as the times.
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In Gratitude, Our Five Favs of the Eclipse
With disks and circles the rule of the day, I liked this shot because it made me laugh out loud.
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Charlottesville and Trump: Our Social Media Roundup
This week's round up is dedicated to the brazen white supremacist march in Charlottesville, and Trump's fanning of those flames.
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Posturing, Nuclear and Otherwise: Our Social Media Roundup
Sometime posturing is phony, other times it's blunt. How disheartening that the war bluster falls between the two.
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Guns and Sex: Hottest Political Pic of the Day
The link between power and sex (or power AS sex) is right grippingly, gropingly there.
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Law and Disorder: Our Weekly Social Media Roundup
Our weekly visual roundup looks at the new White House Chief-of-Staff, General John Kelly, coverage of culture and real wars, and more effective photos of the environment.
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Healthcare Meets the Breadline
As healthcare frays and political abuse further breaks down the system, these scenes become a lot more recognizable.
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