Gun Protests: Watching Our Very Young Have a Political Awakening
It feels like what we are witnessing in these photos is the surest emergence of social and political awareness. You sense the children are the most awake.
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Walk Outs and Throw Downs – Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Student walkouts. Trump rapid firing, hiring and proclaiming. Visually, this was a week of large gestures, and demonstrations of all kinds.
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Gun Reform That Looks More Like America
Post Parkland, these photos place gun violence and reform advocates in a larger frame.
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High Caliber Meltdown: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
The aftermath of gun violence, on top of an administration bleeding staff from outside investigations and internal warfare, has created the perfect storm.
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Understanding Trump’s School Shooting Listening Session, and the Cheat Sheet
It's all too easy to focus on Trump's severe personal limitations and miss the larger point, that it's the script for a show.
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Gender and the World Press Photo 2018 Award Finalists
In this current cultural moment, in the atmosphere of #MeToo, how do we reconcile this group of World Press Photo contest nominees?
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Super Bowl LII Ads Cleverly Exploit Fake News
The best Super Bowl ads this year make light of the fake news controversy and an America that hardly knows what (or who) to believe anymore.
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State of the Memo: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
With the House intel committee releasing a sham memo, and Trump delivered his first official State of the Union, it was a big week for propaganda.
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2018 State of the Union: The Trump Show in Screenshots
In spite of our snark, Dems better watch out because this SOTU demonstrated many of the skills that got Trump elected.
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Chatting the Pictures: Women’s March; Nassar Trial; Trump/Govt Shutdown
Hey, we’re trying a new thing! It’s publisher Michael Shaw and Salon host, Cara Finnegan, doing a live 25 minute Facebook chat riffing on 3 headline photos.
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Women’s March Sizzles, Shutdown Fizzles: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
In fractured America this week, we had two major stories competing for attention. Let's just say, the outcome wasn't pretty.
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Trump’s Weekend Shutdown Pix: The Medium is the Mess
What is instantly relevant about these White House shutdown photos, in fact, is everything that is missing.
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MLK, Immigration & Shutdown: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
In a short week, with Trump a blur of contradiction, most of the news tied back to race and immigration.
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On the New Yorker “Shithole” Cover, Among Others
This is probably the most damaging word picture Trump, or any politician, has ever uttered. My quick takes on the illo.
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Fire and Fury Baked In: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Trump still reeling from “Fire and Fury.” Golden Globes and weed demonstrate culture shift. California eco woes continue. Our visuals of the week.
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Our Favorite Cutaways from Oprah’s Golden Globes Speech
Oprah's speech turned out to be the emotional equivalent of a #MeToo keynote and call-to-arms.
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New Year Buttons: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
Most people were happy to escape 2017 with all its drama and vitriol. No surprise, though, the short week after New Years was thoroughly charged.
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A Gillibrand Photo, and the Visual Effects of #MeToo
On the surface, the photo of Gillibrand has nothing to do with sexual harassment and assault. On another level, it has everything to do with it.
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