Ruddy Roye from Jamaica: Innovating to Survive 27 Aug 2013 | 01:23 pm

Orain stands with his 4-year-old son Ryan on the boat he uses to catch seafood to feed his family. He has already started to teach his son how to be a fisherman. I work in Jamaica. Each year whenever...

March on Washington ‘63 to ‘83 to ‘13: The Diminishment of Protest in Public Space 26 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm

Looking at these image from the original March on Washington in ‘63, as well as those just below from ‘83, what is simultaneously natural and striking is how the people have access to their national g...

The Civil Rights Movement and the Stamp of ‘63 26 Aug 2013 | 11:35 am

I’ll be spending some time the next few days looking at the visual and media politics of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. A major narrative surrounding the story involves the chal...

Looking for the White Trayvon Martin 24 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm

I’m not sure exactly when this was created. 561hiphop.com posted it on May 8th, 2012. The Grio put it up on May 15th. I don’t know if you’ve come across it before but I saw it for the first time yeste...

White House & Puppies + Twitter & Instagram = Media Fetching & Rolling Over 23 Aug 2013 | 12:50 pm

Bradley Manning’s Lawyer on the Unfairness, and Dignity, We Weren’t Allowed to See 22 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm

Fort Meade, Maryland: Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years and dishonorably discharged for leaking secret government documents. Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency After Bradley...

Chemical Weapons, the Insanity of Eastern Ghouta and Eyes on the Assads 22 Aug 2013 | 02:15 pm

After months of negotiation with the Syrian government about access to the country, the United Nations said a team of inspectors would investigate three sites, including the village of Khan al-Assal n...

How About “Nyet”: Explaining the Russian Gold Medal Sprinter’s “Gay Protest” Podium Kiss 21 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am

To the extent photos of Russian sprinters Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova deserve worldwide attention, it’s for the teaching moment about the dangers of reading into a still image. I thought the i...

Militarization Meets Back-to-School Day 20 Aug 2013 | 02:47 pm

If you follow the visual news wire, you’re intimately aware that photo stories and the contents of “photo packages” are as much based on serendipity and the rituals of the calendar as they are on hard...

Where Things are Pointed in Egypt (and Have Been Since the Coup) 19 Aug 2013 | 02:09 pm

July 5, 2013 July 27, 2013 August 14th, 2003 Looking all the way back to six weeks ago when people in the West were softly murmuring whether to call it a “coup,” or not, it’s now clear the overthro...