For the last couple years the conversations around Columbus Day and the many statues that represent the lost Captain across America have become ripe for controversy. Many cities across the country have changed their Columbus Day celebrations to Indigenous day celebrations. One of the cities that I felt should have made that change early on,…
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Washington DC Memorializes Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Photos from the memorial for Ruth Bader Ginsburg memorial at the Supreme Court this weekend.
PHOTOS: Friday Night in Rochester
Photos from the Friday night protests in Rochester, NY
The March Continues: Photos from the March on Washington 2020
Photos from the 2020 March on Washington
Chiseling Away at America’s Racist History
On the night of June 18th, 2020 I was standing with a handful of photographers on the outside of the protests that were happening at the monument to disgraced Confederate general Robert E Lee in Richmond Virginia. Not much was happening but as a photographer, you end up sticking around into the late-night just in…
General Lee Loses Again.
Thursday morning we’ll have a better idea if the monument to America’s greatest traitor will fall over the weekend or allies of the Confederacy will once again ride in the streets of Richmond. But for now we have the beauty of the people’s voice in the form of graffiti all over the base of the…
Photos: Trump’s Wall in Washington DC
According to media reports, Trump will take down the over one mile of fencing that has been surrounding the White House for the last week. That’s a positive. But unfortunately that means that the signs and art that has been covering the ‘wall’ will also have to be taken down. In my experience that usually…
PHOTOS: Washington DC #BLM Still in the Streets
The White House seems to keep moving the fence father and father back, now taking over the entirety of Lafayette Park pushing the protests literally into the streets. The big protest happens on Saturday where they expect huge numbers of people gathering along the road now painted in huge yellow letters that spell out BLACK…
Photos from Lancaster, PA’s Protest Against Police Violence
Lancaster, PA – May 31, 2020 Text by Zach D Roberts, Photos by Paige Durborow Most of the coverage of the protests that have sprung up across the nation after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officers while in their custody have been of larger cities. But even smaller towns have seen incredible…
‘Rally to Free NY’ in Syracuse
Taking a page from the reopen America events, a set of similar rallies were held around New York State. It is rare to have a conservative tinged rally or event in Syracuse (outside of a private fundraiser) even though currently the mayor is a Republican as is the congressman. Back when the tea party was…