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Militarism Photo December 4, 2025

DC Guard Attack: Trump’s Storm Troops Caught in Web of His Making

Photojournalists continue to expose the damning ironies and toxic symbolism of Trump’s escalating crackdown—visual truths words fail to convey.

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Militarism Photo November 6, 2025

Images of American Fascism

Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.

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Immigration Photo October 9, 2025

1000 Words: Visual Defiance Against the Authoritarian State

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the crackdown on dissent has jolted photojournalism, street art, and illustration—each surging now to galvanize truth, disrupt complacency, and bear witness.

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Immigration Photo August 27, 2025

The Machinery of American Cruelty: A Visual Testament

How photographers are documenting the Trump administration's campaign of terror against immigrant communities.

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Eco Watch Photo August 7, 2025

Willful Blindness: How Denial Left Texas Children Defenseless Against the Climate Crisis

From systematic climate erasure to 'thoughts and prayers,’ the deadly cost of choosing not to see.

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