The social, political and media analysis of news images.
More and more, news photographs are capturing compound crises. Combining climate and Covid, this scene is particularly arresting.
Continue ReadingThe blizzard of '21 is producing gorgeous photography. But these two simple Instagram pix by Mark Peterson keep an unconditional focus on American hardship.
Continue ReadingAmerica has largely confused Trump's mockery of democracy with the mocking of Trump himself. The Europeans haven't had such a problem.
Continue ReadingIn the assault on the Capitol, the distinction between faith, nation, and godhead finally and completely broke down.
Continue ReadingWhile the rioters who invaded the Capitol amplified the nation's history of white supremacy, that history was already hanging on the walls behind them.
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