Photojournalism

Coming Home

Seven families lay their fallen soldiers to rest.

Photo Essay by Paul Fusco/Magnum Photos, Text by Anthony Swofford

 | Fri December 31, 2004

Frontier Justice

Pressured by the Pakistani army, the tribes turn on each other.

Photo Essay by Asim Rafiqui, Text by J. Malcolm Garcia

 | Wed September 1, 2004

Designed Dissent

The art of agitprop.

Photo Essay images from Graphic Agitation 2 courtesy of Phaidon Press

 | Thu July 1, 2004

Returning from Iraq, the Damage Done

It's easy to send soldiers off to war. It's harder to face them when they come home.

Photo Essay and Interviews by Nina Berman, Text by Verlyn Klinkenborg

 | Mon March 1, 2004

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Last Suppers

What inmates ate before they were executed.

Photo Essay by Celia A. Shapiro, Text by Clara Jeffery and Emilie Raguso

 | Thu January 1, 2004

Elections and Campaigning in Iowa

Volunteers, elections, and campaigning in Iowa.

Photo Essay by Jonathan Stein

 | Sat November 17, 2007

Protest: Bring Home the Troops

On January 27, 2007, Americans blanketed the mall.

Photo Essay by Lionel Delevingne

 | Sat January 27, 2007

Can Eliot Spitzer Stay Progressive?

He’s famously fought Wall Street corruption, Con Edison, and the insurance industry. But now that Spitzer is New York’s 54th Governor, can he take these values to Albany and (eventually) the White House?

Photo Essay by Kate Gage, Text by Clint Hendler

 | Tue November 7, 2006

"Bush Lied, Thousands Died"

Photos from a 2005 anti-war march on Washington

Photo Essay by Lionel Delevingne

 | Mon September 26, 2005

Far From Quiet on the Home Front

When President Bush's two-day ultimatum to Saddam Hussein expired Wednesday, a parallel deadline passed for anti-war protesters in San Francisco.

Photo Essay by Marc Herman

 | Fri March 21, 2003

The Other 1600 Pennsylvania Avenues

Other inhabitants of the famous address.

Photographs by Mike Mergen

 | Mon February 9, 2009

Still Here in NOLA

Families affected by Hurricane Katrina struggle to rebuild.

Photo Essay by Joseph Rodriguez

 | Tue September 2, 2008

Tompkins Square Park

Photos of the antigentrification movement.

Photo Essay by Q. Sakamaki

 | Mon September 1, 2008

Photo Essay: San Francisco Olympic Torch Protest

Free Tibet, and other protests.

Photo Essay by Ed Homich

 | Wed April 9, 2008

Photo Essay: Women in Prison

This Alabama prison houses more than 900 women inmates.

Photo Essay by Melissa Springer

 | Wed July 2, 2008

New Hampshire 2008

Presidential hopefuls campaign in New Hampshire.

Photo Essay by David Corn

 | Mon January 7, 2008

Photo Essay: 30th Anniversary of Mass Arrests at Seabrook, NH, Anti-Nuclear Rally

On May 30, 1977, 2,400 people descended on the town of Seabrook, New Hampshire, to protest the building of a nuclear power station. A day later, more than half of them would be arrested.

Photo Essay by Lionel Delevingne

 | Fri May 4, 2007

Born Into Cellblocks

In Nuevo Laredo, children do time with the cartels.

Photo Essay by Penny De Los Santos. Text by Charles Bowden.

 | Sun April 30, 2006

Tookie Williams Death Row Vigil

Photographs and audio clips from the vigil at San Quentin, where Stanley Tookie Williams was executed after midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005

Photo Essay by Ed Homich

 | Tue December 13, 2005

Social Security: Beyond the Numbers

What does the nation’s most successful social program, and the debate surrounding its future, mean to regular Americans?

Photo Essay by Scott Squire

 | Wed February 9, 2005