Worth a Thousand Words

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2009 The Boston Globe has assembled a stunning array of photos from Inauguration Day. Images from Washington, D.C., and from viewing parties around the world capture the excitement and wonder of that historic day. The subjects include Kenyans in Obama's father's home town, former Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos embracing, and crowds at the capital's Mall as photographed from a satellite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shirtless President-Elect Creates Crisis of Confidence

Satire by Andy Borowitz Dec 29, 2008 Global markets swooned this week in reaction to photos showing that President-elect Barack Obama had lost his shirt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Photoshopping Military Might

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Charges against Iran's Sepah News for digitally altering a photo of the country's missile tests on Wednesday arose Friday after analysts discovered what is clearly a Photoshopped extra missile in an image released by the media arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The image, which was used by the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune on their front pages, was later retracted. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israel and Iran Talk Tough

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Israel and Iran appear to be locked in a dangerous round of ¿Quién es más macho? On Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak responded to Iran's new displays of military prowess -- this week's missile tests -- by declaring that Israel is ready for action should Iran push the direct-threat level any higher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Snapshots of Life and Death in Baghdad

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 Three bodies lie beside a Baghdad street on a blindingly hot day. The one on the right is dressed in a white shirt and bright green trousers, his hands tied behind his back. Two others on the left lie shoeless, both dressed in check shirts, dumped -- how easily we use that word of Baghdad's corpses -- on a yard of dirt and bags of garbage. They, too, of course, are now garbage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2008 Documentary whiz Errol Morris is turning his camera on Abu Ghraib's most notorious moments in his latest film, "Standard Operating Procedure," in which he unearths a host of unsettling information about torture, "ghost" prisoners and interrogators, and, as Morris describes in this blog about his new project, exactly what happened to prisoner Manadel al-Jamadi's body after he died under interrogation at the prison in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama: ?I Won?t Be Smiling?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 3, 2008 Here's one person in Pennsylvania Barack Obama doesn't want to shake hands with. After repeatedly refusing to pose for a photo, the candidate finally relented, but warned: "I won't be smiling." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton Takes On Obama Photo Question

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2008 It wasn't the easiest moment in Tuesday's Democratic debate for either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, but both candidates handled it well when moderator Brian Williams broached the uncomfortable subject of the photo, leaked to the Drudge Report early Monday for apparently political purposes, of Obama wearing traditional African garb in Kenya. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama, Clinton Camps Clash Over Obama Photo Leak

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2008 On Monday morning, The Drudge Report featured a photo of Barack Obama in traditional Kenyan dress taken during his 2006 visit to the African nation. Obama aides are angrily accusing Clinton's team of leaking the photo in an attempt to put off voters (with a heaping dose of "ethnicity," apparently) at a particularly auspicious moment, but Clinton's camp has denied that it released the picture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Auschwitz From Another Angle

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 A newly released series of photos taken at Auschwitz and sent last year to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shows Nazi officers and female SS members in a bafflingly banal (cf. Hannah Arendt) array of activities: singing, relaxing, laughing on group getaways, and even lighting Christmas trees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Skinny on Climate Change

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2007 By way of pointing out the vulnerability of both the human body and the global climate, artist Spencer Tunick photographed around 600 eco-conscious men and women in the altogether, posing atop a diminishing glacier in the Swiss Alps for Greenpeace. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Minnesota Bridge Hero Says ‘Nope’ to Bush

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 Out of every big disaster story emerges the ever-reliable "media hero/heroine" subplot. Thus, last week's Minneapolis bridge tragedy brought news of one Jeremy Hernandez, 20, who helped 50 children to safety after their school bus started tipping. According to The New York Times, this particular local hero will enjoy some of the perks of his position in the spotlight, but he's opting out of a photo op with President Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )