New Yorker U.S.S. Economy Cover: Smell of Titanic in the Morning
And the guy probably shorted the company that insured the boat!
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The Almighty Market
Witnessing the power of Wall Street these past few weeks, the photo is spot-on.
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TIME Cover: Debt Crisis Pummels America. (Tea Party Still at Large.)
Ha! This cracks me up the way the illustration incorporates not just the anchor text for the lead story (THE GREAT AMERICAN DOWNGRADE) but also the text for a, yes, “supposedly” separate story (HOW THE TEA PARTY HIJACKED AMERICA). Because both headlines are contained in the oval of the...
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Pres-i-dent
Surely I wasn't the only one thinking the pic of Jennifer Hudson singing Happy Birthday to Obama had a Marilyn vibe, was I?
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What's Really Ruining America: Graffiti!
The pairing of two explanations–one where culture harms the economy, and the other where the economy affects culture–is not journalistic objectivity; no, it’s a false equivalence, and one that encourages the reader to believe that the state should be treating symptoms rather than causes.
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Did Will and Kate See Skid Row? Did Anyone?
The media and the royal couple made a lot out of visiting L.A.'s most desperate neighborhood. When it came to showing anything of the locale, however, the visual media mostly missed the opportunity.
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John Moore: Surviving the U.S. Recession
We at BagNews are proud to provide this audio slideshow drawing attention to a recession that may have ended on paper, but in practical terms, continues to plague so many Americans. Also, we are pleased to offer this forum to John Moore, a compassionate and truly gifted photographer so...
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And then Came the Floods
A photo that puts this American disaster in a larger context.
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No Toto, You're Not in the Wisconsin Statehouse Anymore
I thought these screenshots -- displaying an elegant, if typical, marbled, upscale DC office complex -- made for an interesting contrast with the Wisconsin State House, as pro-union and progressive protesters upped the ante Tuesday by interjecting themselves into a lobbying seat of power.
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Christopher Guess in Wisconsin: Truly the People's House
This is a second report on the protests taking place inside the Capitol Building in Wisconsin. Photographer Christopher Guess is a Wisconsin native and graduate of its university. In this post, Christopher documents how the face-off between Governor Scott Walker and citizens, students and state employees had, by mid-week,...
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Collective Bargaining and Catastrophe
When disaster strikes, we can learn how it is that all bargaining is collective bargaining.
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Cairo, Wisconsin
Is there a grassroots surge underway right now through the combined power of pictures and social media?
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Rahm and the Thousand Yard Stare
This is the photo that jumped out at me today, a perfectly craven, if cookie-cutter portrait of the disconnect between the so-called "public servant" and his constituent prop -- this woman's crestfallen quality and her thousand-yard-stare as much an indicator of a crass campaign photo op as the reciprocal...
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NYT Mag Puts an Eye on American Workers. What's with the Sterilization?
An insight into the American worker? An illustration of the human dimension of the economy? These images convey a troubling uniformity in their Stepford-like lack of affect. Far from the condition of insecurity, a condition we'd be able to tell through some form of fresh expressiveness, the only emotion...
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Nina Berman & Alan Chin: Broke-Beck Mountains of Madness
Glenn Beck in Wilmington, Ohio, selling $30 books, $125 theater tickets, and $500 breakfast.
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Nina Berman & Alan Chin: Waiting For Beck
Waiting for Glenn Beck in Wilmington, Ohio, where he performs "America's First Christmas" Wednesday. But most people are more worried about survival.
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We Are Steve
My main question is, how many people out there select an obvious work photo for their Facebook picture? This choice, and the fact Steve Slater's not beaming about it, suggests he "was having some issues" with his work identity.
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