No Safe Place: Cities trying to balance American ideals with a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Faith communities started what became known as the “Sanctuary Movement” in the early 1980s. It was a symbolic extension of the medieval practice of churches providing shelter to all, regardless of their crimes. But for a handful of faith leaders in the southwestern U.S., the immigrants that they provided sanctuary to weren’t outlaws. They were refugees. Central America was racked by nonstop violence and civil war, and death squads forced waves of people to flee north from Guatemala and El Salvador. Appalled to see the U.S. government turn away those migrants once they reached the border rather than take them in, church leaders decided to intervene.
Today, undocumented immigrants define “sanctuary city” as a shield from deportation. Police chiefs and sheriffs define it as a band-aid to the larger problem of illegal immigration. And for some grieving Americans, sanctuary cities represent injustice and loss.
For the complete special report go to www.msnbc.com/specials/migrant-crisis/sanctuary-cities
Today on MSNBC.com, in partnership with Magnum Photos we launch our latest and final chapter in this 11-part special report on the migrant and refugee crisis around the world. In “No Safe Place” writer Amanda Sakuma and photographer Jérôme Sessini take us into American cities trying to balance ideals with a broken federal immigration system that have found themselves in Donald Trump’s political crosshairs.
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Special Report: Geography of Poverty - The Heartland: Life and...
MSNBC Special Report: The latest installment in The Geography of Poverty. Photographer Matt Black and writer Trymaine Lee bring us “The Heartland: Life and Loss in Steel City - Industrial Luster Tarnished in a Cutthroat Global Economy”. The recent shutdown and idling of two steel mills in Lorain, Ohio where more than a thousand laid-off workers and a devastating economic ripple — is the troubling milieu to which this onetime hub of industry is slowly coming undone. Lorain’s economic plight is not unique. It illustrates the fate of many forlorn cities and towns across the region, spanning deep into the old industrial enclaves that dot the so-called Rust Belt, a vast stretch of post-industrial towns that once turned natural resources into economic wealth. Railroads from Baltimore, Maryland to Gary, Indiana carried coal, oil, meat and livestock, providing Americans with sustenance and salience. But with advancements in automation and the expansion of the global economy and trade, many of the industrial towns that once served as the country’s economic heartbeat are now on life support.
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The Geography of Poverty, is an on-going body of work by photographer Matt Black Photography where he is chronicling life in America’s poorest and most forgotten places. Over the course of several years he is photographing the towns, cities and rural communities struggling under the weight of often crippling poverty
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Hell and High Water: Two man-made catastrophes — a toxic nucle...
For much of the world, the catastrophic consequences of climate change are years down the line. But a new class of displaced people, so-called “climate change refugees,” has emerged as some populations find their environments increasingly inhospitable.
It’s happening in Bangladesh, where coastal flooding has begun to wipe out entire villages and crops. In the United States, parts of the Louisiana bayou have started to slip beneath the Gulf of Mexico, forcing American communities to relocate to higher ground.
But the situation is dire for inhabitants of the Marshall Islands, where moving further inland is not an option. If tides were to rise by the projected levels, living there would resemble being trapped in a narrow room with the walls closing in on both sides. “Hell and High Water” is the latest chapter in our special report on the world’s migrant crisis made in partnership with Magnum Photos. Photographer Michael Christopher Brown takes us to the island nation which stands to suffer the greatest and most immediate consequences of climate change.
To see this special report in its entirety please visit www.msnbc.com/specials/migrant-crisis/marshall-islands
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The final night of what became a historic Democratic National ...
On the fourth and final night of what became a historic Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton officially accepted the first ever nomination of a woman candidate for the U.S. presidency. “Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president,” Clinton said to a roaring crowd. “Standing here as my mother’s daughter, and my daughter’s mother, I’m so happy this day has come.” The nominee returned repeatedly to the idea that progress requires sacrifice—her campaign’s theme that “it takes a village,” and that, in contrast to Donald Trump’s claim that “I alone can fix it,” no one person can do it alone.
Here, Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates after formally accepting the nomination on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016 in in Philadelphia, Pa.
This photograph was shot on assignment by photographer Mark Peterson Pixs for MSNBC Photography as part of his on-going body of work “Political Theatre” which examines the landscape of the American political system.
To see our full coverage from the Democratic National Convention go to www.msnbc.com/slideshow/hillary-clinton-makes-history-scenes-final-night-the-dnc
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This Week in History: On July 16, 1945 at the Trinity bomb sit...
This Week in History: On July 16, 1945 at the Trinity bomb site in New Mexico, the Manhattan Project officially concluded as the world’s first plutonium bomb was detonated. The explosion formed a 25,000-foot mushroom cloud and a crater 1,200 feet wide, incinerating even its distant surroundings. The following month, the U.S. went on to drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan, killing hundreds of thousands in both the initial blasts and later from radiation sickness. Effects are still felt throughout these regions, although the total number of people affected is impossible to calculate. Today, eight nations have conducted nuclear testing, and nuclear power continues to be a controversial and still emerging technology. Here, stills from a motion picture camera encased in a two-inch-deep lead sheath show a house disintegrating from the atom bomb blast in Yucca Flat, Nevada on March 17, 1952.
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"Trump is the manifestation of people’s anger,” says Haley Barbour, a former Mississippi governor and onetime Republican National Committee chairman. “People all around the country want to send Washington the bird and they see him as the gigantic middle finger.” In part two of our three-part series, “A Party Divided,” we’re taking a look at 50 years of Republican leadership and the voters who have finally found their leader. To see the full feature, go to www.nbcnews.com/trump. Photography by Mark Peterson Pixs/Redux Pictures for MSNBC Photography
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Life in Missouri's Fading Old Lead Belt
Meet Fred McDaniel, raised in Missouri's fading Old Lead Belt, where once-prosperous communities have declined, mines have closed and moved elsewhere. McDaniel is one of many locals encountered by Ben Hoste for his photo story, now on view at MSNBC Photo. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/life-missouris-fading-old-lead-belt
The United States of Trump: A year after Donald Trump launched...
Trump supporters have turned the GOP establishment upside-down. “I like that he gets heat from Republicans,” one Trump supporter said. “He’s extreme on some things, but on others he’s a moderate. I like that mix.” In part one of our three-part special feature "The United States of Trump", we take a comprehensive look at the voters responsible for Trump’s rise. Photography by Mark Peterson Pixs/Redux Pictures for MSNBC Photography. For more go to www.nbcnews.com/trump
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The United States of Trump
How did an initially small group of voters become a powerful majority in the GOP? In the words of one Trump voter, “He had the foresight to see what was coming,” she said. “He speaks to the people. He’s able to stand up for the country. I haven’t been as excited about a candidate since Reagan.” In part one of our three-part special feature "The United States of Trump", we take a comprehensive look at the voters responsible for Trump’s rise. Photographs by Mark Peterson Pixs for MSNBC Photography For more go to www.nbcnews.com/trump
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Lost Cities: Millions of Syrians have fled their war-torn coun...
On a bright, cold day in 2011, a group of young people decided to graffiti their city, the way teenagers are wont to do. But this was Syria, and regime change had already roared through Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. They scrawled a message to their president, Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist turned dictator: "It's your turn, doctor." They scrawled another one: "Leave, Bashar." And still another one: "The people want the regime to fall."
What followed has been a war without end, a fight without apparent limits. The teenagers were arrested and tortured, and in response, a once-stable Syria exploded into violence. In the years since, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have died in the fighting. That's the equivalent of a Hiroshima and Nagasaki, twice.
Millions of Syrians have also fled the country, some making the long journey to Europe, capturing the attention of the West. But most don't get that far. They pour into Turkey to the north, Lebanon to the west, and Jordan to the south, where a tent city called Zaatari has taken on a feeling of permanence. With a population at 80,000 it represents a new model for refugee camps — once-temporary settlements now routinely fixed by the concrete of modern politics. Most refugees can expect to languish for years or even decades with the average stay in a refugee camp a full 12 years. The world's oldest refugee camp, Kenya's Dadaab, will turn 24 this year. By those standards, Zaatari is still young. But the people in Zaatari never expected to be there for even this long.
Today we launch our latest special feature in our multi-part series on the migrant crisis around the world with Magnum Photos. You can see “Lost Cities” with stunning photography by Mark Power and beautifully writing by Tony Dokoupil.
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A Tide of Return: Chunyun by Alex Majoli/Magnum Photos
People pack onto trains, planes, buses, motorcycles, and into private cars, journeying from China's coastal megacities to rejoin families in the rural heart of the country during the Chunyun season. This is the largest annual migration by the most populous nation on earth. More than 170 million of them are migrant workers, lured by manufacturing jobs, lost in a swirl of ambition that takes them from village to factory and back again at least once a year.
We commonly think of migrants as war refugees. The soldiers stream in and the people stream out, often never to return. China's yearly turnover is a check on this way of thinking. It's an example of mass migration as a byproduct not of war, but of want — in this case, the want of a better life.
Photographer Alex Majoli travelled the country documenting this extraordinary mass movement of people. You can see this beautiful special feature, “A Tide of Return” at http://www.msnbc.com/specials/migrant-crisis/china
In an ambitious editorial partnership over the course of many months, Magnum Photos and MSNBC Photography bring you what amounts to a chapter in human history looking at the worst migrant crisis ever recorded. This is our latest.
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A Tide of Return: The Largest Annual Migration on Earth by Ale...
Every year the world's most populous country pulls off the world's largest annual human migration, a travel season 60 times larger than America's worst Thanksgiving Day scramble. This is China's economy on the move. People pack onto trains, planes, buses, motorcycles, and into private cars, journeying from the country’s coastal megacities to rejoin families in the rural heart of the country. More than 170 million of them are migrant workers, lured by manufacturing jobs, lost in a swirl of ambition that takes them from village to factory and back again at least once a year.
For Chunyun (roughly translated as "spring transportation") the train stations of Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou are smeared with people on the move. In a single weekend in February, for example, more than 20 million passengers departed by train. They squeezed onto hundreds of special lines, some climbing through windows, others making room by leaving their bags behind.
In an ambitious editorial partnership, Magnum Photos and MSNBC go inside the worst migrant crisis since World War II. Nearly 60 million people are currently on the run for their lives, stateless and scared, fleeing war and persecution. That’s the highest level ever recorded. Over the course of many months, we will bring you what amounts to a chapter in human history told by some of the finest photographers of our time. Today, we launch “A Tide of Return” Alex Majoli beautifully photographed a different sort of migration, one that's less about conflict and more about opportunity. Original music by Fabio Barovero.
To see this special feature “A Tide of Return” with text by award-winning author Tony Dokoupil and photographs and video by Alex Majoli go to http://www.msnbc.com/specials/migrant-crisis/china
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Shuttered: End of Abortion Access in Red America
The United States Supreme Court heard a momentous abortion case today, one of the most important in decades. Abortion clinics and doctors are challenging a Texas law that could shutter more than three-quarters of the state’s clinics. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is also the first high-profile case SCOTUS will hear since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. His absence leaves open the possibility of a tie. The Supreme Court’s decision could ultimately affect similar laws that exist in a dozen other states.
Reporter/author Irin Carmon breaks down the issues in a long-form feature “Shuttered: The End of Abortion Access in Red America” with photography by Jody Rogac for MSNBC Photography
Please go to http://www.msnbc.com/shuttered for more.
Thank you to our partner on this, the Economic Hardship Reporting Project for their generous support.
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Nearly two years ago, residents in Flint, Mich., started drinking water from the brown, soupy river that flows through their town. The water smelled bad, tasted bad, and looked bad. Turns out, it was also toxic.
Now the city is in a state of emergency, searching for short-term fixes and long-term answers to a man-made lead crisis. On Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow will host a televised town hall, “American Disaster: Flint Water Crisis,” featuring Flint families, community leaders, politicians, doctors, and scientists. The goal is an early autopsy of the hows and the whys, not to mention the what-nows.
For the past few days, photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier has been working in Flint, focusing on the basic question of what it’s like to live in this town amid such an extraordinary disaster. This is a 100,000 person city — the cradle of Buick and the United Auto Workers, the former factory floor for General Motors — without drinkable water flowing from its taps.
Rachel Pintacura and Nicholas Hicks, pictured here, have three children and are expecting their fourth. Joshua is 3, Noleiana is 2, and Alecianal is 1. The two have been a couple since junior high and married in 2014. Born and raised in Flint, Rachel and Nicholas bought their house a little over a year ago. But for much of last year, if not sooner, Flint’s water was tainted with lead, a well-known toxin that can do irreversible damage to the brain. Photo by Danny Wilcox Frazier/VII for MSNBC
To see the full photo essay, “Life in Flint: A logistical, financial and health nightmare”, go to msnbc.com/photography
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Continental Drift: Why the world is facing its greatest migran...
We are all migrants, or the descendants of migrants, and the story of our movement is the story of humanity. But in recent years, that shared story — never without struggle — has sunk into a swamp of despair and dispossession unlike any previously seen. Nearly 60 million people are currently on the run for their lives, stateless and scared, fleeing war and persecution, according to a United Nations report released in June. That’s the highest level ever recorded and an increase of 8 million people over 2013, a leap of more than 30 million people in the past decade alone.
We are very proud to announce an ambitious editorial partnership between MSNBC and Magnum Photos. For this series, which will be published over the course of many months, some of the world’s finest photographers will take a global look at migration, producing what amounts to a chapter in human history. Today, we launch “Continental Drift”, an introduction to the greatest global migrant crisis since WWII. Author, Tony Dokoupil contextualizes the crisis the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres says is “an unchecked slide into an era in which the scale of global forced displacement as well as the response required is now clearly dwarfing anything seen before.”
To see this special feature in its entirety go to www.msnbc.com/MigrantCrisis
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Republicans debated. A bomb threat closed schools in Los Angeles. And the weather was unusually warm for December.
For these and all of the week’s best pictures, go to http://www.msnbc.com/week-pictures-dec-12-18-2015#slide1
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MSNBC: This Year In Pictures
As 2015 nears its end, we take a look back at some of the powerful photographs that came out of events that shaped this year.
The presidential race heated up. Refugees fled war-torn countries in the Middle East. And wildfires spread in the drought-stricken Western United States. For these and all of the best pictures of the year, go to http://www.msnbc.com/year-pictures-the-best-images-2015#slide1
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Our Old Familiar World Is Gone
To see this special report “Our Old familiar Globe Is Gone” by award-winning author Tony Dokoupil and stunning photography by John Francis Peters in its entirety please go to www.msnbc.com/globeisgone
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Climate talks continued in Paris. Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP pack. And protesters took to the streets in Chicago.
To see these and all of the week’s best pictures, go to http://www.msnbc.com/week-pictures-dec-5-11-2015#slide1
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