It wasn't just Trump; so many stories were critical this year. Our best posts framed the most important pictures and themes.
Continue ReadingTrump spent the whole month on a relentless crusade to remind everyone "Season's Greetings" was somehow sacrilegious. But did anyone care?
Continue ReadingShowing the bodies of others—be they Puerto Rican children or British Muslims—and stripping them of dignity in full view: this is cruel looking. Knowing it is wrong is part of the plan.
Continue ReadingDoug Jones's victory in Alabama, the sexual harassment and abuse awakening, and the massive wildfires in Southern California highlighted the week.
Continue ReadingDoes Roy Moore's defeat finally strike a blow for character, substance and real qualifications? Is America tired of so-called leaders playing to the TV?
Continue ReadingWe asked seven visual scholars to analyze one of the sponsored ads Russian trolls ran on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election. This is part two.
Continue ReadingThe GIF and the picture are about Trump's identification with nemeses, and about scaling the Mt. Olympus for autocrats.
Continue ReadingWe asked seven visual scholars to analyze one of the sponsored ads Russian trolls ran on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election.
Continue ReadingIn effect, Trump did make the "Person of the Year" cover. On TIME’s striking POY Silence Breaker Cover.
Continue ReadingAlmost a decade-and-a-half since we began, we are the rare organization promoting both visual literacy and media literacy.
Continue ReadingHe’s been acting even crazier and more deluded, the silence and enabling only amplifying the danger.
Continue ReadingIn spite of the momentous scope and dire consequences of the tax plan, it's remarkable how little heed the media and the public paid to it.
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