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“As we wrap up Black History Month, let’s continue to honor and celebrate our history—the history of Black excellence and leadership, culture and creativity, resilience and resistance. We celebrate Black history as America’s history, not just this month but every month.” February 29, 2024, photo via @KamalaHarris on X. While the media frames Kamala Harris as “missing-in-action,” she has tackled the hardest jobs and is everywhere fighting for social justice. Just look at the pictures. By Michael Shaw Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech not only allowed him to show he still knows what’s wha ..read more

Migrants walk on the banks of the Rio Grande river to find a way to enter the U.S. as golfers play on the other side of the shipping container fence in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura By Michael Shaw As I navigate endless galleries of photos across news sites, magazines, and social platforms, I encounter countless images that have stayed with us despite not making it to our main features. These are the photos that, for one reason or another, don’t find a place in our image posts or our 20-30 annual “Chatting the Pictures” videos. Yet, they linger in my mind fo ..read more

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Pool By Michael Shaw What if you really can’t shoot someone in broad daylight in the middle of Time Square and get away with it? What if you only think so because, with all your excuses and delaying tactics, you can postpone judgment day for years on end? And, what if you aren’t such a gold-plated phenom – Mr. Art of the Deal – after a judge here and a jury there bleeds you of half a billion? Given Trump’s recent fortunes (or fortune erasers), it appears he’s losing his Teflon, at least in the criminal space. Whereas his battles with the justice system were ..read more

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Damon Winter/The New York Times/Redux By Michael Shaw We all know what special hell Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report unleashed. But it’s not just the carefully chosen eight toxic words. Or the flood of news and commentary. It’s also the extraordinary visual imagery that has accompanied the coverage of the report, which, on the one hand, exonerated the President on the issue of classified documents yet, on the other, took the unqualified liberty to attack and attempt to discredit his cognitive faculties. Toxic articles are what they are. Images, on the other hand, act more subtly. Th ..read more

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