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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November 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…

Nov 7 • 

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October 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…

Oct 9 • 

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August 2025

The Machinery of American Cruelty: A Visual Testament

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

Aug 27 • 

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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.

Aug 7 • 

Michael Shaw

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July 2025

The Only Shot That Matters: How One Mother’s Photo Exposes the Truth of an Unfolding Measles Epidemic

As the measles spread, a family’s hospital image lays bare the unheeded crisis—and the acute need for pictures of cause and consequences.

Jul 23 • 

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Essential Images: 13 Scenes of Democracy Under Siege

From militarized raids to detention camps, these visuals expose and interrogate the country's slide into authoritarianism.

Jul 13 • 

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June 2025

What If They Gave A War And Nobody Came?

How LA residents refused Trump's invitation to violence—and why the most essential protest images tell a different story.

Jun 18 • 

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What Now? Audacious Imagery Outside Immigration Court, Calling BS on the Trump-Musk “Melee,” and Researchers’ Fury

We sift the latest visual barrage to spotlight images at the heart of Trump’s war on democracy.

Jun 9 • 

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Weapons as Props, Warriors as Roadies: Brandon Bell’s Deadpan Photos Call Out Massive Effort Behind Trump’s Military Parade

Behind the spectacle, a hollow ritual orchestrated at staggering public cost.

Jun 3 • 

Michael Shaw

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May 2025

The Oval Office as Demon's Lair

What's in a photo op? Trump's psychopathic corruption of American power.

May 27 • 

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Vatican Celebration Photos Spotlight Pope Leo's Challenge to Trump's America

As American flags wave in St. Peter's Square, a humble pontiff elevates a competing vision of patriotism and national identity.

May 14 • 

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