DISPATCHES
Occasional Photographs And Thoughts From Across America
Bob Williams’ Field of Dreams
Photographer David Burnett remembers the veterans of D-Day and the Second World War, one paratrooper, Bob Williams, in particular.
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Remembering Muhammad Ali
David Burnett remembers Muhammad Ali at the height of his fame and career.
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AND THERE THEY DIED
A small memorial marks the spot in Brooklyn where Lionel McClean was shot to death on February 16, 2016. Andrew Lichtenstein’s memorial photographs of New Yorkers recently killed by gun violence was published by the New Republic and supported by an Economic Hardship... read more
NEW ORLEANS’ TENTH ANNIVERSARY SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA
Shawn McNeil, (above) a resident of Press Park, remembers when the floods or Hurricane Katrina spilled over the levees in New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward and into the yards and houses, washing away the dreams of residents who barely escaped with their lives. Her... read more
VIEW FROM THE CROWD
Tens of thousands of people lined the streets of Washington, DC, many arriving as early as 4am, to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis on his first visit to the United States.
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HOW THE WAR ON WOMEN WAS WON
Last month, I traveled across the country for Mother Jones to shoot a story on the effects of new abortion restrictions in Virginia, Michigan, New Mexico, and Texas. “How the War on Women Was Won,” written by Molly Redden, appears in the magazine’s September/October... read more
THE MISSISSIPPI FLAG CHALLENGED
Lucian Perkins on Mississippi’s state flag — the only state flag still incorporating the Confederate flag — and how the echoes of the Civil War persist.
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A KILLING IN MISSISSIPPI
Jonathan Sanders, an unarmed black man, died after Officer Kevin Herrington, who is white, put him in a chokehold on July 8 in the small town of Stonewall, Mississippi.
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