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Showcase: The Roma in Rome - Lens Blog
Marco Baroncini didn’t set out to photograph the Roma people. They came to him. Mr.
Double Jeopardy: The Harsh Reality for Iraqi Immigrants Trying t
Waleed Arshad remembers the big sign slapped on the door of his home in Baghdad telling him if he didn't leave immediately he would be killed. Al-Qaida was sending him a death threat. Before that, he was arrested by the Mahdi militia, handcuffed and interrogated at a mosque for having beer in his car.The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it's time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years after it came down. Each photo tells its own tale, weaving together into the larger story of 2009.
2009 in photos (part 3 of 3)
The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it's time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years after it came down.
2009 in photos (part 2 of 3)
2009 in photos (part 1 of 3)
The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it's time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years after it came down.
The Fall of Mexico - Magazine
In the almost three years since President Felipe Calderón launched a war on drug cartels, border towns in Mexico have turned into halls of mirrors where no one knows who is on which side or what chance remark could get you murdered. Some 14,000 people have been killed in that time—the worst carnage since the Mexican Revolution—and part of the country is effectively under martial law. Is this evidence of a creeping coup by the military? A war between drug cartels? Between the president and his opposition? Or just collateral damage from the (U.S.
