Puerto Rico is Not a Country: Our Roundup of the Week
Our social media roundup this week deals with hurricane politics, Puerto Rico and Trump’s attack on NFL football players protesting racial injustice.
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Stirring NFL Protest Optics: Unity to What End?
As encouraging as the explosion of protest in the NFL may be, let us not lose focus on the purpose of such protest in the first place.
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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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