inothernews:

U.S. Army private Bradley Manning, who provided classified military documents to WikiLeaks, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

(Photo: Patrick Semansky / AP via the New York Daily News)

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reynardli:

I went to Cleveland Ohio last month to photograph Mark Kennedy, a former Metropolitan police officer from South London who went undercover on a seven year mission to infiltrate an environmental activist group. It was a huge story in the Guardian. Definitely one of the most interesting assignments I’ve done. You can read about Mark’s incredible story in the March issue of Rolling Stone.

And you can see the outtakes/photos I took here. 

Photo by Reynard Li

politicallyspeaking:

I can’t wait for Joe Biden to sing one of his favorites! Probably has something to do with working on a rail road. Or it has lots of curse words.

chicagopubliclibrary:

What is the price of sex? It’s shocking. It’s shadowy. And almost certainly not what you think.

You’re invited to join us in Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at Harold Washington Library Center next Thursday, January 12, for our first free movie screening and discussion of the new year — Human Rights Watch: The Price of Sex

From Tahrir Square to the scene of John Galliano’s racist rants, pictures and videos from the public have been increasingly used in media coverage.

The Syrian authorities have responded to widespread anti-government protests with overwhelming military force. The protests pose the greatest challenge to four decades of Assad family rule in the…

War is strange. It can change your life, for good or bad or both, with the speed and ferocity of little else. In the space of a couple days in October, I ticked off two boxes I had in my head, things…

A look at the media crossfire between London and Tehran; plus, some fake twitter accounts have caused a stir.

timemagazine:

In early 1937, TIME selected Wallis Warfield Simpson, the divorcee whose relationship with Edward Vlll led him to abdicate the British throne, as the 1936 “Woman of the Year.” Readers complained about the choice, claiming the American divorcee didn’t deserve the distinction. TIME editors listed their reason for selecting her in the article’s deck:

“In the entire history of Great Britain there has been only one voluntary royal abdication and it came about in 1936 solely because of one woman, Mrs. Simpson.” 

Wallis Simpson’s life has continued to fascinate and has been the subject of more than a few scandalizing books and films, including the just-released “W.E.” Directed by Madonna, the film stars Andrea Riseborough and James D’Arcy as Wallis and Edward, laying out the couple’s relationship from their own perspective. However promising, TIME film critic Richard Corliss called the movie a candidate to be one of the worst of the year, writing, “True love never looked so uncomfortable.” 

Massoud Hossaini has never cried like this before. His photograph of a young Shiite woman, bloody and screaming, made the front page of The New York Times this morning. It also appeared on the front…