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Selling Out Ukraine
Watch now (3 mins) | Our exclusive video exposes Trump’s Moscow pivot and its devastating cost to a key ally.
Apr 16
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Michael Shaw
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Cara Finnegan
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Signaling Strangelove: The New Yorker Cover's Brilliant Take on SignalGate
Barry Blitt’s masterpiece perfectly captures the essence of the Trump administration. It's a visual terror warning worthy of Kubrick himself.
Apr 3
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Michael Shaw
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Signaling Strangelove: The New Yorker Cover's Brilliant Take on SignalGate
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March 2025
Trump’s Mugshot as White House Power Play
Watch now | Trump’s gilded mugshot guards the Oval Office—a warning to all who pass. As Volodymyr Zelensky learned, this intimidating checkpoint signals…
Mar 12
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Michael Shaw
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Cara Finnegan
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The State of Disunion
I’m breaking down key images from Trump’s 2025 State of the Union—moments capturing a chamber in splinters, where resistance took many forms and silence…
Mar 5
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Michael Shaw
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February 2025
Trump’s Village People Takeover - Why This Matters Now
Is Trump’s MAGA theater still hypnotizing America—or is it finally awakening the resistance?
Feb 26
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Michael Shaw
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The Visual Politics of the LA Fires
From a man rescuing Old Glory to a haunting ‘stairway to nowhere,’ key photos from LA’s devastating fires expose America’s most profound social…
Feb 17
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Michael Shaw
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A Portrait that Dares to Expose Musk’s Insanity
Mark Mahaney’s portrait captures the power and madness of Elon Musk, whose elevation from tech titan to democracy’s most dangerous private citizen…
Feb 5
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Michael Shaw
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Cara Finnegan
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A Portrait that Dares to Expose Musk’s Insanity
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January 2025
Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
From executive order theater to Elon’s salute, telling moments of Trump’s second inauguration (and yes, Justice Jackson’s eloquent necklace).
Jan 23
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Michael Shaw
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Scenes from the Coronation of King Donald II: A Visual Guide to American Autocracy
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December 2024
A Visually Rhythmic Journey Through a Year’s Most Striking Book Covers
A curated tour of 2024’s most striking book covers reveals unexpected patterns in our collective consciousness - from wild abandonment to geometric…
Dec 30, 2024
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Michael Shaw
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Democracy's Darkroom: Tell It, Read It, Decode It, Survive
We need imagery and analysis that exposes how Trump—in all the rapid-fire, misdirecting, and gaslighting—remains able to manipulate the culture in such…
Dec 19, 2024
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Michael Shaw
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Cara Finnegan
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Democracy's Darkroom: Tell It, Read It, Decode It, Survive
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What's in a "Top 100 Photos of the Year" List?
TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2024 captures the year’s defining crises, from war and climate disasters to political polarization. This analysis explores what…
Dec 10, 2024
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Michael Shaw
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November 2024
The Great Shattering: Scenes from America’s Political and Psychic Electoral Rupture
November 5th, 2024, sent shockwaves across the nation. From Howard University to Palm Beach, election night photos captured a seismic shift that will…
Nov 12, 2024
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Michael Shaw
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