At the start of jury selection in the George Floyd murder trial, seeing solidarity, and visualizing accountability.
Continue ReadingHow photojournalism is channeling split-screens and divided societies. Perceptually and morally, the style serves as an apt social mirror.
Continue ReadingA former aid worker and a visual scholar help explain key media and Facebook photos after Myanmar’s military coup.
Continue ReadingMore and more, news photographs are capturing compound crises. Combining climate and Covid, this scene is particularly arresting.
Continue ReadingThe blizzard of '21 is producing gorgeous photography. But these two simple Instagram pix by Mark Peterson keep an unconditional focus on American hardship.
Continue ReadingAmerica has largely confused Trump's mockery of democracy with the mocking of Trump himself. The Europeans haven't had such a problem.
Continue ReadingIn the assault on the Capitol, the distinction between faith, nation, and godhead finally and completely broke down.
Continue ReadingWhile the rioters who invaded the Capitol amplified the nation's history of white supremacy, that history was already hanging on the walls behind them.
Continue ReadingIn the case where families and loved ones must say goodbye virtually, the life of that terrible scene is not so simple.
Continue ReadingJust like in the spring, the focus has turned to Covid, to grief, and to hospital ICUs. However, the photos seem more intimate this time.
Continue ReadingIn one photo, this man has become the poster for a government in denial, and everyone who can't be induced or bothered to wear a mask.
Continue ReadingMany photos link Trump to the pandemic, but this photo-illustration really captures him as the great Covid enabler.
Continue ReadingIf the NFL really wants to promote anti-racism, it seems hard to imagine a less emphatic visual statement.
Continue ReadingFire photos this ominous come at a premium. But this photo from California captures the new otherworldly state of the climate crisis.
Continue ReadingIt's not just a bad fire season. These photos both symbolize and demonstrate how California has crossed a critical climate threshold.
Continue ReadingCould the comet be a sign? Only coming around every 6,800 years, perhaps NEOWISE has some lessons to offer about history, humility, and introspection.
Continue ReadingUntil a few weeks ago, the demand for racial justice and an end to police violence was pretty straightforward. Clearly, things have gotten more complicated.
Continue ReadingCrowley's photo honoring John Lewis elevates an important aspect of the movement. It highlights today's injustices as yet another opportunity to educate.
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