Remembering When the Ramones Were Young, Raw, and Couldn’t Take a Bad Photo
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Danny Fields discovered and signed the Stooges and MC5. He worked with the Doors and rubbed elbows with the Velvet Underground. That famous John Lennon quote about the Beatles being bigger than Jesus? That was largely Danny’s doing, running Lennon’s quote in the teen magazine…
They Came Here Seeking Freedom and Were Imprisoned Instead. Look at Their Faces.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When asylum seekers arrive in the United States they face a harsh reality. The ones who they aren’t illegally turned away at the border are often sequestered, shackled, and transported to a detention facility that resembles prison. Since the mid ’90s, the US has followed a policy of…
Portraits of Suffering and Resilience in Puerto Rico Six Months After Hurricane Maria
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today marks six months since Hurricane Maria made landfall and ripped through Puerto Rico, lashing the island with winds well above 155 miles per hour and devastating the homes and communities of many of its 3.4 million residents. Many people forget that three weeks before…
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The story of Wawarsing, New York, sounds a lot like the stories of small towns across the United States. Once a proud manufacturing hub known for producing high-quality knives in the Hudson Valley, its 150-year-old industry withered as companies were bought and sold, then squeezed for maximum profit until they packed up and moved…
Actually, the US Has a Rich Tradition of Military Parades. But Normally They’re After Military Victories and Stuff.
Harry Harris/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As has now been widely reported, in a meeting last month, President Trump told high-ranking military officials that he wanted a military parade. But over history the United States has generally left military parades as a chest-thumping show of force to less self-assured despots—and Russia. The…
Here Are 10 of the Most Captivating Photo Books of the Year. Just Look.
Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This past year seems like we were treated to more photo books than ever. That is, at least in part, due to crowdfunding efforts that are helping photographers defray the exorbitant cost of publishing. The unyielding flood of photo books is evidence that photographers are still turning to the…