Photo Essay | Signs of Your Identity
A visual exploration of the lasting harm of Canada’s residential schools on the Indigenous population.
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Post-Soviet Co-ops: Mongolian Herders Borrow a Tool From the Recent Past
When capitalism supplanted communism in Mongolia, state-run co-ops disappeared and rural communities suffered. Now the herders are bringing back the practice for their own survival.
The Reverse Selfie: A Tiny Act of Decolonization?
I will likely never see how I am used in those images. But I was glad to relinquish power in those moments.
“I Am My White Ancestors” Claims the Legacy of Oppression
An artist’s journey into her family’s Whiteness.
12 Photos: What Hope Looks Like for Refugee Camps at the U.S. Border
The caravan movement is sustained by self-organized migrants and the volunteers who stand with them. It’s an organized, mobilized hope.
12 Photos of the Migrant Caravan: Hope and Self-Determination
Photojournalist Rob Wilson has been traveling with the caravans from Central America to document the journey of people looking for a better life.
Photo Essay: 8 Reasons Students Walked Out Over Gun Laws
“All of these students will be voting in the next four years. We will be in the driver’s seat.”
I’m Dreaming About a Modern World That Doesn’t Erase Its Indigenous Intelligence
In over 80 nations, oppressive domination has been dismantled.
The Sassiest Signs From the Seattle Women’s March
PHOTO ESSAY: Everywhere, walking shoes, water bottles, and thousands of people with a lot to say.
10 Photos: I Saw What Resilience Looks Like
On their reservations and in their wider communities, I saw how Native people protected and nurtured each other.
In Photos: Water Protectors Return to Standing Rock—This Time for Healing
The camps are gone now, but the awakening to protect the water, land, and tribal sovereignty continues.
How Photography Shapes Our View of Native Americans
Using an early photographic process, one photographer hopes to draw a line connecting what happened to the Dakota people in Mankato, Minnesota, 155 years ago and what is happening today to the Dakota/Lakota standing up to a $3.7 billion crude oil pipeline.
In One of the Nation’s Most Conservative Places, A Sanctuary City
Advocates in Santa Ana mobilize to educate, assist, protect, and inspire undocumented residents.
In Photos: A Mother Adjusts to Parenting After Prison
A unique initiative in Oregon helps incarcerated mothers stay connected with their children through special visitations and virtual parent-teacher conferences.
Photo Essay: These Sculptures Tell the Story of the First Japanese Americans Sent to Camps
The memorial wall is 276 feet long—one foot for every Japanese person who lived on Bainbridge Island in 1942.
20 Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle.
10 Photos That Show the Magnificent Light Shining on Standing Rock
Despite all the news of pipeline regulation, court appeals, and activist arrests, Native photographer Josue Rivas reminds us that it is actually a peaceful place.
In Photos: Tribes Are Reviving an Indian River Nearly Destroyed by Coal Mining
Decades of coal mining in the Jaintia Hills have trashed the once thriving Myntdu River. Now, indigenous communities are uniting to take a stand.
In Photos: Real Men Do Cry
Emotions aren’t gender exclusive.
Humanizing Heroin Addiction: Photos of the Real Lives of Users
Can more balanced representations of drug users spark discussions on how to solve North America’s heroin epidemic?
In Photos: The Indigenous Protectors of the World’s Most Sacred Places
All around the world, sites sacred to indigenous people are besieged by mining, tourism, and other threats. Meet the groups safeguarding and restoring them.
In Photos: 50 Years in a Housing Project Through the Eyes of Kids Who Lived There
Thanks to Polaroid and a basement arts center, the kids of Newtowne Court have built a photographic monument to their neighborhood since the 1960s.
In Photos: The Seed-Saving Farmers Who Pass Down Land to Their Daughters
In northeastern India’s mountainous state of Meghalaya, youngest daughters inherit the land—and the ancient food heritage of their mothers.
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