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“They Would Throw Me Into a Cage and Treat Me Like an Animal”

As told to Julia Lurie | Photography by Ash Adams
“I’m Doing the Best I Can”: Stories From California’s Unsheltered Community

Interviews by Aaron Schrank; Photography by Sam Comen
You Won’t Recognize These Striking Hollywood Workers. And That’s the Point.

Interviews and Photographs by Michael Friberg
Explosive Photos of Portland Amid the 2020 George Floyd Protests

Mark Murrmann; Photography by Rian Dundon

Pajaro’s Quest to Rebuild

Story and Photography by Zaydee Sanchez
Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry

Stephanie Mencimer
Scenes From the Spectacular and Totally Wacky Donald Trump Arraignment Circus

Photographs by M. Scott Brauer
20 Striking Images of Protest Against Israeli Democracy Under Siege

Mark Murrmann

These Images Tell the Stories of Families Reeling From the East Palestine Fiasco

Photos and story by Lauren Petracca
Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand

By Mark Murrmann; Photos by Nate Gowdy
Home Front

Sasha Maslov
Remarkable Photos Show What Harm Reduction Actually Looks Like

Text by Taylor Sisk; Photography by Stacy Kranitz

How a Hostile America Undermined Its Black World War II Veterans

Matthew Delmont
The Gruesome Attraction of Prison Tourism Is Being Challenged at Last

By Hope Corrigan; Photos by Mark Murrmann
Can One Bay Area Housing Complex Radically Change Affordable Housing?

Text by Marisa Endicott; Photos by Amy Osborne
An Inside View of Wartime Ukraine

by Liam Kennedy

An Exodus From Ukraine: a Visual Diary

Peter Turnley
Photos Show Devastation Against Civilians in Ukraine

Samantha Michaels
The Fall of Kabul Through the Eyes of the Women Who Survived It

Words by Nadia Hashimi; Photographs by Mehri Jamshidi
A Look Back at 2021 in Photos, If You Can Bear It

Mark Murrmann