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Campaign '12 Photo May 9, 2012

The N. Carolina Marriage Amendment: Feeling the Loss

If there is a bright side, perhaps the photo also alludes to future involvement and activism.

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BagNewsSalon: "The Visual Chemistry of Kony 2012"

Sponsored by Open-i On May 20th, in collaboration with Open-i, the BagNews Salon hosted “The Visual Chemistry of Kony 2012”: An analysis of the viral video campaign by Invisible Children. How do visual campaigns like the Kony 2012 viral video backfire in their success? What made Kony 2012 so...

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Biden Watch: Coming Out

With gay marriage on the table, this photo of Biden (and Lincoln) speaking out deserves second look.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 8, 2012

Reading the Pictures: McCain Puts Lid on Obama Defamer, Romney Doesn't

At this political level, the mark of an "A" game is to have the McCain precedent so embedded in your circuitry, you would identify the red flag when you heard it.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 7, 2012

Campaign ’12 Stereotypes: “Forward”-Thinking Women as "Stepford Voters"

Depicting women as enamored with the candidates for whom they vote is nothing new. If anything, though, what you're looking at is a policy swoon.

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Campaign 12 Optics: Stadium Wars

You really want to start a running meme with Obama comparing crowd size?

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9/11 Photo May 6, 2012

NYPD "Snatch and Grab" Tactics Illustrated (and, Why the Pics are So Scarce)

If the bandwidth for reporting, visual and otherwise, is all too narrow, it's also true news photographers almost always have a lot more truth to show and tell.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 5, 2012

Newsflash: Franco Still Dead and Obama Still Black

The real news here is that swift boat season is underway!

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John Moore Photo May 4, 2012

Excrement

It takes a photographer as sure and serious as Getty's John Moore to pull off a photo like this....

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May Day Spiral

There's a perverse logic to the fact these hooligans choose to take out their frustration on the retail face of a sports-entertainment empire all-too-popular for its violence.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 3, 2012

No Bain, No Gain? — NYT Mag's Pro-Romney Cover/Story

New Yorker magazine asks a Bain Capital executive for his rationale on the validity of the 1%. The outcome is predictable. And, frankly, where would we be without a shoe to shine?

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Romney Watch: Ann's Coffee With the Nation in Her $1000 T-Shirt

Otherwise petty, the Romney's ability to relate to average American's makes Ann's designer t-shirt, as a symbol, more than just chicken feed.

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Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo May 2, 2012

Juxtaposition of the Day: Team Bush vs. Team Obama at the War Theatre

Like a frame from an old B-movie war comedy, the difference is tragic.

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On Surprise Visit to Kabul to Wind Down War, Obama Has Better Toppings

On a day where Obama "won the internet" with smashing "victory" photos from Afghanistan, Romney gets "called out" for trying to leverage 9/11.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 1, 2012

Deconstructing Obama Campaign Launch Video. See a Pattern?

If Obama actually is up by 20 per cent in the polls with women, he's certainly not taken anything for granted.

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