Some aftermaths command the spotlight, while others fade almost unseen, though their grief runs the same. Violence and mayhem in America, Sept 10, 2025. (1) Evergreen High School, CO — RJ Sangosti/Denver Post via Getty. (2) Kirk shooting, Utah Valley Univ — Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Trib via Reuters.

Pix from the #climate emergency, which is not just getting worse, but freakier--despite the lies. From the recent PHX Haboob. These blackout dusk clouds can sometimes carry over 100 miles. (Photos: Ross D Franklin/AP; City of Phoenix/AFP/Getty Images; Charlie Budd/Reuters. Via The Guardian.)

Amid LA's ICE raids, Brandon Tauszik's photos reveal the human cost: not factory drama, but the invisible middle class, such as Ana sheltering in place. Ordinary moments, newly precarious. The Machinery of American Cruelty readingthepictures.media/p/photos-of-... Via @motherjones.com

A woman and daughter weep after agents detained her husband outside his immigration hearing. Even the building security guard is moved to tears. How do images like this not force a reckoning? 📸: Carol Guzy **The Machinery of American Cruelty** <readingthepictures.media/p/photos-of-...>

I've been tracking how photographers are documenting immigration enforcement, and the visual story they're telling is both devastating and essential. Let me walk you through it. The Machinery of American Cruelty: A Visual Testament readingthepictures.media/p/photos-of-... 📷Michael Owen Baker/AP

Thank President Miller.

1000 words: Vlad, in more peace-purple than MAGA red tie, lowers eyes and mirrors Trump’s perch while RUS flag and aide with pageful of notes reinforce his giving up nothing. Versus Trump, frozen in “how’s this coming off?” glance, echoed by team’s tense, wayward hands. 📷Doug Mills @nytimes.com

More visual framing of DC power play. Trump’s militant takeover, blatant executive overreach casts ominous shadow over the Capitol. Then the obvious subtext: where were the (federal) boots in the ground on Jan6? (NYT)

You knew the moment this pseudo-emergency hit, vigorous photo commentary would follow. Homelessness is such a crime, isn’t it? (Via NYT) #Trump #DCtakeover

Before he took over policing DC, Trump did this. "Co-witness" the destruction of Black Lives Matter Plaza—a spiteful act nearly buried in Trump's blitzkrieg of heresies and war on DEI. Jacquelyn Martin’s bird's-eye view positions us in solidarity with this resident. youtu.be/M9kEfBOo27w...

Stone cold President. (Images: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press about deploying federal law enforcement agents in D.C. August 11, 2025.; DC crime statistics, via WAPO.)

More eloquent storytelling by photojournalist Steffi Keith from the hallways of New York City's immigration court. Only the latest heartbreak. A man takes off his wedding ring to give to his partner before he is detained by a federal agent. She ends up leaving without him.

For @wired.com I wrote about the Trump admin's latest propaganda strategy: incorporating the casual nihilism and cruelty of the highly online far-right into memes about deportation www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Photo-illustration of the day. Literally. (Via @nytopinion.nytimes.com)

What follows is a sample of recent climate catastrophes that have received little coverage despite their scale. Recognize any? Willful Blindness: How Denial Left Texas Children Defenseless Against the Climate Crisis readingthepictures.media/p/how-denial... 📷 China Daily; USA TODAY, AP

A car hood in flood-ravaged Kerr County is painted with Trump’s assassination attempt, while a prayer sign directs people to a service for flood victims. How Denial Left Texas Children Defenseless Against the Climate Crisis readingthepictures.media/p/how-denial... 📷Sergio Flores Jr/Reuters

We've perfected the art of the unseen disaster. While Greece burns and Texas floods, our feeds fill with everything except the climate crisis spiraling out of control. It's not an accident. (Photo: Fedja Grulovic/Reuters) readingthepictures.media/p/how-denial...

File under: the growing wariness over social media. NYT “Op-Ed posters” (Photo: Marco Arguello/Connected Archives)

The “othering” of the immigrant—and life in the shadows. NYT “Op-Ed posters” (Photo: Natalie Arrué)

After virtual Gaza blackout, the forced famine is finally cracking US media. The lethal ubiquity of pots and pans. July 24, 26, 27th. NYT *Op-Ed posters.*

"We cannot say we did not know” carries the quiet weight of witness. The sign is small but its message is sharp: where images from Gaza are inescapable, denial is no longer an option. Echoing the language of past atrocities, it hints that history is watching—and so are we. (📷John Trotter/MAPS)

This Times Square billboard shows real Epstein legal docs, turning them into political messaging. The top hooks you, the bottom lays out the evidence. A girl’s glance at the camera cues how the public is dialed in—the conspiratorial Trump caught in a web of his own making. 📷 Vincent Alban/NYT

One mother's hospital photo shows what media hasn’t: our worst measles outbreak in years. While outlets use stock shots, her sick kids tell the real story—even as Trump's anti-vax crusader swoops in for funeral photo ops. readingthepictures.media/p/how-one-ph...

As Europe bakes: Not sure it would be a "pic of the week" if not for the climate emergency. These buried heads are becoming a denial theme. 📷 Tom Nicholson/Reuters. Young people jump into the Canal Saint-Martin on a sunny, warm summer day in Paris as an early summer heatwave hits France, July 2.

Latest art from Shoshibuya. All Trump all the time. Via: Coverjunkie

The Roosevelt quote is fascinating for Trump's unheard-of admission of failure and weakness. So much for empire, the Epstein affair has deeply riven him. The legs and feet are the best: I'm dirty.

During the '65 measles epidemic, LIFE didn't shy from making the vaccine's necessity visceral and immediate, publishing this cover of a pregnant woman with her powerful look of trust. Today's media needs to reclaim that stance. readingthepictures.media/p/how-one-ph... 📷 Co Rentmeester

Bait & switch. 📷 Carol Guzy. A woman left her immigration court hearing smiling and appearing hopeful as she was met by ICE agents to be detained in New York NY on July 16, 2025. Her expression quickly turned to confusion then shock as she was led away still clutching her court papers.)

The photographs tell their own story: Kennedy, somber and sympathetic, is enveloped by families whose trust in his anti-vax rhetoric has cost them a child. The Only Shot That Matters: How One Mother’s Photo Exposes the Truth of an Unfolding Measles Epidemic readingthepictures.media/p/how-one-ph...

One mother's cellphone photo from a Texas hospital is doing what America's media has failed to do: show us what our worst measles outbreak in years actually looks like. Meanwhile, Trump's anti-vax crusader jets in for a photo op at a child's funeral. readingthepictures.media/p/how-one-ph...

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Before Trump's shock campaign, migrants being apprehended at immigration courts was unthinkable—an appalling bait-and-switch. Steffi Keith's photo crystallizes the dragnet energy into one arresting frame. Essential Images: 13 Scenes of Democracy Under Siege readingthepictures.media/p/essential-...

This cover--“The Face of Justice,” by Anita Kunz--is more than a clever visual pun. It’s an indictment and a mirror held up to the nation reflecting a profound moment of constitutional crisis. Essential Images: 13 Scenes of Democracy Under Siege readingthepictures.media/p/essential-...

Events and crises are breaking so fast that key images barely have a chance to rise and crystallize. From militarized raids to detention camps, these visuals expose and interrogate the country's slide into authoritarianism. readingthepictures.media/p/essential-...

The wreckage of Trump's second term makes us wonder how soon a question ban goes into effect. (📷 Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Pix of the Day. President Trump attends latest cabinet meeting at the White House.)

Classic Trump era 4th via @markpetersonpixs.bsky.social. Fireworks 24/7/365.

📷 Annabelle Gordon. The *Cave* Men. #BBB

Happy 4th! 📷 Steffi Keith. Immigration Court. NYC.

Such a smart photo—the deed done in a blur. (📷 Julia Nikhinson / AP. Republican members of Congress reach to shake hands with Speaker Johnson after jamming through whale of a bill.)

Recirculating: 'The New American Gothic.' Oil on Canvas by Criselda Vásquez (Via: Ian Duhig/Threads)

Can we all just get along? Via AP Pix of the Week Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Haunting. Two hands stand for all. Via AP Pix of the Week. A woman from Peru signals through the barred and tinted windows of a bus after she was detained following an appearance at immigration court, Monday, June 23, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Via NYT Opinion www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

It's no wonder that 1984 has jumped onto the bestseller list www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-...

Funny but caustic photo accompanying “bombshell” NYT story of Pentagon leak. Tiny portion of Trump red carpet all too fitting now that we know Iran nuke program/facilities themselves not exactly “obliterated.”

“My shirt is my ethnicity and the flag is my country. The two don’t have to be mutually exclusive,” said Justin Evans, 20, while wearing an American flag during a immigration rights protest at the San Antonio City Hall. (Via Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

When the forecast calls for 100% chance of turmoil—perfect weather for a MAGA photo op. Not to mention a lot of buzz out there about the new 88' flagpoles. Photo: Anna Rose Layden for The Washington Post

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Saturday's MLB preview: Reds' De La Cruz overcome by heatstroke, Mariners' Thornton collapsing, umpire vomiting. Temps hit 94°F. Climate reality breaks through Trump's blackout as athletes stricken on live TV. #ClimateCrisis is spiraling. 📸: Jeff Roberson/AP

Trump’s bombing announcement light on facts but heavy on command. Rubio & Hegseth seem lost; Hegseth nervously fixated on Trump. Vance ditches MAGA uniform, edging forward/closer to boss. The WH handout? All eyes on Trump and his (seriously?) MAGA hat. Topping the dangers, it’s the “army of one.”