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Campaign '16 Photo December 16, 2015

The GOP Debate with the Sound Off

So a year in to the GOP race, what can we glean from last night's Las Vegas show?

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International Focus Photo December 14, 2015

A “Fist Pumping” Election Victory for Saudi Women?

This Saudi election photo makes you realize how much the west sees thing through its own eyes.

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Race & Ethnicity Photo December 13, 2015

Police Ride-Along Photography and Natalie Keyssar’s New Turn

As concern has escalated in America over police violence and race relations, attention has risen, too, over how photojournalism depicts the issue. Read on.

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Eco Watch Photo December 10, 2015

The Market Fiddles While Beijing Lungs Burn

The fact this photo appears during the crucial Paris climate summit raises its relevance, and the anxiety, to a whole different level.

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Campaign '16 Photo

Trump and “The Scream.” The (Visual) Backlash Begins?

Mockery only plays Trump's game. Considering some of Landon Nordeman's images for TIME, there's plenty to see around the scream.

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Eco Watch Photo December 4, 2015

The Climate Crisis (& Why You’ve Gotta Love Those Businessweek Covers)

If PC is out the window, in this case, it's perfectly called for.

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Business Focus Photo December 3, 2015

Status Update: Silicon Valley in the Mirror

If the “Status Update” show was only partly about Silicon Valley and the tension between tech and the rest of the Bay Area, that’s how we read it.

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Eco Watch Photo December 2, 2015

Paris Earth Summit: Visual Activism Rises to the Climate

With the Paris climate summit following on the heels of a vicious terror attack, the atmosphere for visual activism could not be more elevated.

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Campaign '16 Photo November 30, 2015

Trump & Dumbo — Rejoicing in the Anti-Intellectual

Being politically incorrect and boasting about it is understood in Trump's world as integrity. That’s why the parallel to Dumbo is not an accident.

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Faith Focus Photo November 29, 2015

On the Planned Parenthood Shooter Mugshot and Today’s News Portrait

If only the tendency to treat every face like a story led to real evidence.

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International Focus Photo November 26, 2015

Thankful

On Thanksgiving, it's worth appreciating the president's moral bearings when it comes to the worldwide refugee crisis.

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Protest Focus Photo November 25, 2015

That Photo of the Officer at the Laquan McDonald Protest Last Night

Ultimately, what’s significant about the photo is its S&M vibe.

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International Focus Photo November 23, 2015

From Russia With Love: Pounding Syria in the Name of Paris

Given how the Russians are using the fight against ISIS to distract from its support for Assad, the phrase on the bomb can be ambiguous.

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Campaign '16 Photo

Trump’s Praise for Protester Pummeling: Even FOX Hosts Stung

There could be a whole collection, in the Library of Congress perhaps, capturing true emotional reactions before the audience slipped back into passive assent or just on-camera cool.

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Campaign '16 Photo November 20, 2015

Tell Us What You Really Think About Carson

To the extent people see Carson punching above his weight class, what are viewers likely to make of this?

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International Focus Photo November 19, 2015

Less Than a Day Later, a Paris All-Too-Normal. (Photo: Alex Majoli)

If it’s primarily about Parisians reclaiming their cafe life and affirming their resilience, I wonder if the photo isn’t more provocative than that.

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On Charlie Hebdo’s (Latest) Paris Attack Response

If it’s about the latest attack on Paris, it seems to say as much, or more, about the last one.

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Faith Focus Photo

Who’s French Now? The Most Political, and Poignant Aftermath Photos from the Paris Attack.

If the attack changed the way France sees its Muslims, its foreign born and even non-whites, how did that inform the immediate imagery?

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