Recent articles for World Press Photo Witness
October 11, 2018

I've continued writing for World Press Photo's Witness online publication over the past year, and it's been a great opportunity to talk with photographers and experts around the world. It's such an honor to contribute to a publication like this.

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Recent work for the Chronicle of Higher Education
October 5, 2018

Student parents at Endicott College

Audrey Hoelscher, 3, uses a highlighter to draw on the back of some of her mother Anna Grimes's, 21, classwork in the Bayview Hall dormitory apartment where they live at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. At left, pictures and toys in Audrey's room are visible. Anna is a senior studying Political Science with a minor in Environmental Studies. Both she and Audrey have rooms in the dorm apartment that they share with another mother and child. She has attended Endicott for the past 2 years, having transferred from Lakeland Community College in Illinois after earning an Associate's Degree. The family is part of the Keys to Degrees program, which helps young parents earn degrees by giving them a traditional college experience. At the community college in Illinois, Anna said that she didn't really fit in with the community. All she did, she said, was "wake up, take Aud to school, go to classes, go to work, and go home." At Endicott, living on campus in a dorm apartment shared with another mother and child, she says she can take Audrey to just about anything. "I feel part of the community. Audrey knows more people than I do," she said with a laugh. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Anna Grimes, 21, plays with her daughter Audrey Hoelscher, 3, in the Bayview Hall dormitory apartment where they live at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. Anna is a senior studying Political Science with a minor in Environmental Studies. Both she and Audrey have rooms in the dorm apartment that they share with another mother and child. She has attended Endicott for the past 2 years, having transferred from Lakeland Community College in Illinois after earning an Associate's Degree. The family is part of the Keys to Degrees program, which helps young parents earn degrees by giving them a traditional college experience. At the community college in Illinois, Anna said that she didn't really fit in with the community. All she did, she said, was "wake up, take Aud to school, go to classes, go to work, and go home." At Endicott, living on campus in a dorm apartment shared with another mother and child, she says she can take Audrey to just about anything. "I feel part of the community. Audrey knows more people than I do," she said with a laugh. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Anna Grimes, 21, plays a hide-and-seek game with her daughter Audrey Hoelscher, 3, in the Bayview Hall dormitory apartment where they live at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. Anna is a senior studying Political Science with a minor in Environmental Studies. Both she and Audrey have rooms in the dorm apartment that they share with another mother and child. She has attended Endicott for the past 2 years, having transferred from Lakeland Community College in Illinois after earning an Associate's Degree. The family is part of the Keys to Degrees program, which helps young parents earn degrees by giving them a traditional college experience. At the community college in Illinois, Anna said that she didn't really fit in with the community. All she did, she said, was "wake up, take Aud to school, go to classes, go to work, and go home." At Endicott, living on campus in a dorm apartment shared with another mother and child, she says she can take Audrey to just about anything. "I feel part of the community. Audrey knows more people than I do," she said with a laugh. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Anna Grimes, 21, and her daughter Audrey Hoelscher, 3, live in the Bayview Hall dormitory while Anna completes her undergraduate degree at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA. Anna is a senior studying Political Science with a minor in Environmental Studies. She has attended Endicott for the past 2 years, having transferred from Lakeland Community College in Illinois after earning an Associate's Degree. The family is part of the Keys to Degrees program, which helps young parents earn degrees by giving them a traditional college experience. At the community college in Illinois, Anna said that she didn't really fit in with the community. All she did, she said, was "wake up, take Aud to school, go to classes, go to work, and go home." At Endicott, living on campus in a dorm apartment shared with another mother and child, she says she can take Audrey to just about anything. "I feel part of the community. Audrey knows more people than I do," she said with a laugh. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle

Portraits of MIT Media Lab Professor Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Resnick recently published the book, "Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play" which discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning.
Mitchel Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Resnick recently published the book, "Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play" which discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning.
Mitchel Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research, Director of the Okawa Center, and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Resnick recently published the book, "Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play" which discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning.

No Boundary Thinking seminar at the University of Rhode Island with Prof. Bryan M. Dewsbury

Katelyn Cinquegrana (center; 24, senior, Writing and Rhetoric) speaks during a group presentation during a class called "What's the Big Idea," a No Boundary Thinking-style seminar class, at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Thurs., April 19, 2018. The class is led by Bryan M. Dewsbury, an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences. Students in the class take on a single major cultural issue--this semester the subject is CRISPR genetic editing technology--and discuss possible problems and propose solutions through presentations and discussions. This group's presentation was about "Universal CRISPR Care," private- and tax-funded proposal to allow equal access to the technology. On this day, two groups gave presentations and Dewsbury and other students assessed their ideas and presentation techniques. Dewsbury is an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences. Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle
Assistant Professor Bryan M. Dewsbury (left) speaks during a class called "What's the Big Idea," a No Boundary Thinking-style seminar class, at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Thurs., April 19, 2018. Students in the class take on a single major cultural issue--this semester the subject is CRISPR genetic editing technology--and discuss possible problems and propose solutions through presentations and discussions. On this day, two groups gave presentations and Dewsbury and other students assessed their ideas and presentation techniques. Dewsbury is an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences. Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle
Nazaret Suazo (right; 19, soph, Psychology) speaks during a group presentation during a class called "What's the Big Idea," a No Boundary Thinking-style seminar class, at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Thurs., April 19, 2018. The class is led by Bryan M. Dewsbury, an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences. Students in the class take on a single major cultural issue--this semester the subject is CRISPR genetic editing technology--and discuss possible problems and propose solutions through presentations and discussions. This group's presentation was about the ethical issues surround CRISPR. On this day, two groups gave presentations and Dewsbury and other students assessed their ideas and presentation techniques. Dewsbury is an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences. Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle
Bryan M. Dewsbury is an Assistant Professor in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Biological Sciences, photographed here near his office in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the school's campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Thurs., April 19, 2018. Credit: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle

Portraits of Northeastern professor Suzanna Walters

Suzanna Walters is Professor of Sociology and Professor and Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Suzanna Walters is Professor of Sociology and Professor and Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Portraits of MIT Professor Daniel Jackson

Daniel Jackson is a Professor of Computer Science and MacVicar Teaching Fellow in the Software Design Group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Daniel Jackson is a Professor of Computer Science and MacVicar Teaching Fellow in the Software Design Group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Daniel Jackson is a Professor of Computer Science and MacVicar Teaching Fellow in the Software Design Group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Jackson is an avid photographer and he is seen here with a photo he took of a server rack in the STATA Center, where his office is located.

The Past & Future of Prison Education at Harvard with Michelle Jones

Michelle Jones (in blue), who had been imprisoned for 20 years and is now a doctoral student at New York University after being denied entry at Harvard, speaks during a panel discussion, "The Past & Future of Prison Education at Harvard" in Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The panel included academics and prison activists from around the country. The panel was part of a three-day series of events on the campus called "Beyond the Gates: The Past and Future of Prison Education at Harvard." CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Paul Henry Grice III (in red plaid), a former prisoner and the executive director of Liberation Literacy, speaks during a panel discussion, "The Past & Future of Prison Education at Harvard" in Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The panel included academics and prison activists from around the country. The panel was part of a three-day series of events on the campus called "Beyond the Gates: The Past and Future of Prison Education at Harvard." CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Michelle Jones (in blue), who had been imprisoned for 20 years and is now a doctoral student at New York University after being denied entry at Harvard, takes part in a panel discussion, "The Past & Future of Prison Education at Harvard" in Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The panel included academics and prison activists from around the country. The panel was part of a three-day series of events on the campus called "Beyond the Gates: The Past and Future of Prison Education at Harvard." CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle
Rally-goers walk from Harvard Yard to Memorial Hall after a rally of University Hall for a Rally for Prison Education at Harvard at Harvard University in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., March 6, 2018. The rally organizers said that the rally "aims to send a message to the Harvard administration that students want Harvard to offer mixed classroom college courses in Massachusetts prisons." It was part of a three-day series of events on the campus called Beyond the Gates: The Past and Future of Prison Education at Harvard. Later in the evening, a panel of speakers addressed prison education and incarcerations in a discussion entitled "The Past & Future of Prison Education at Harvard," in Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle

Portraits of Harvard sociologist Nathan Glazer

A miniature statue or puppet in the likeness of Nathan Glazer stands in his living room. The statue was made by Timothy Moynihan, the son of Glazer's collaborator and US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Glazer couldn't remember Timothy's exact quote about the statue but said it was something like, "There are statues of Karl Marx everywhere, and none of Nathan Glazer!" Nathan Glazer is an sociologist, writer, and academic, who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. He is seen here, at age 94, in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks from Harvard's campus, on Fri., June 16, 2017.
Nathan Glazer is an sociologist, writer, and academic, who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. He is seen here, at age 94, in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few blocks from Harvard's campus, on Fri., June 16, 2017.

For the Chronicle of Higher Education and its magazine, I've photographed portraits, protests, seminars, and student parents, around New England in recent months. These are a few favorites from those assignments. Thanks, as always, to Rose and Erica for all the work!

Surreal, cactus-filled landscapes of Saguaro National Park
September 5, 2018

Saguaro cactus stand with other vegetation in the hills of Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Saguaro cactus stand in the Cactus Forest area of Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
A crested or cristate saguaro cactus stands against blue sky in the Cactus Forest area of Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA. The crested appearance is a natural result of fasciation, and is relatively rare in saguaro cacti.
Saguaro cactus stand in the Cactus Forest area of Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Engelman's prickly pear cactus and Saguaro cactus stand in the Cactus Forest area of Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Saguaro cactus stand with other vegetation in the hills of Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
A tourist stands near saguaro cactus and other vegetation in the hills of Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Framed by the long, spiny branches of ocotillo plants, Saguaro cactus stand in the Cactus Forest area of Saguaro National Park (Rincon Mountain District) near Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Earlier this year, I spent a couple quick days wandering around Saguaro National Park's eastern and western portions. It was my first time really seeing cacti like that in the wild, much less a cactus forest, and I couldn't help but take a few shots of such a strange landscape.

More available on my archive: Landscapes from Saguaro National Park West and Landscapes from Saguaro National Park East.

March For Our Lives protest against gun violence and school shootings – Boston, MA
June 7, 2018

People take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence. Here, students hold signs including "When injustic becomes law, resistance becomes duty," "Thoughts and prayers do nothing," "How many more?" and others.
People gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.

Thousands of people marched from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common as part of the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration against gun violence on March 24, 2018. The student-led movement focused on recent school shootings, including that in Parkland, Florida. There was also a small contingent of pro-gun activists, dwarfed by those in favor of curbing access to guns, who were argumentative with the crowd (causing at least one woman to cry); they were eventually escorted out of the park by police.

More pictures available at my archive: March For Our Lives - Protest against gun violence - Boston, MA - 24 March 2018

Hand-drawn images of guns and signs reading "8 children killed every day" hang on a fence near an abandoned building as people take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence.
A dog wears a sign reading "Gotta bone to pick with the NRA!" in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence.
People take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence. Here, a child carries a sign reading "No More Guns"
Ronan, age 7, holds a sign reading "Flush down assault weapons," as he takes part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence.
People take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence. Here a woman holds a sign reading, on one side, "NRA: Mass Murderers" and "Repeal 2nd Amendment" on the other.
People take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence. Here, a person holds a hand-made sign that looks like a stop sign and reads on one side, "Stop the Madness / End Gun Violence," and on the other, "Stop the Guns / Now."
A sign reading "Less weapons / More love and peace" lays in a snow bank as people gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.
People take part in the March For Our Lives protest, walking from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence. Here a person is holding a sign reading "End the National Rifle Addiction."
Students enter Boston Common after marching to the park from Roxby Crossing during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.
Pro-gun demonstrators antagonize the much larger crowd surrounding them in Boston Common during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence.
A man holds a skateboard with a depiction of US President Donald Trump as a zombie as people gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.
People gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.
People gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence. Here, children hold signs reading, "13 and afraid... not okay," "Disarm hate," and "Never again."
A woman cries after arguing with a small group of pro-gun demonstrators surrounded in Boston Common during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018, in response to recent school gun violence.
Students enter Boston Common after marching to the park from Roxby Crossing during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence. Here, people hold a painting depicting a gun held to a child's head.
People gather during the March For Our Lives protest and demonstration in Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sat., March 24, 2018. The march was held in response to recent school gun violence.

Scenes from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico
May 11, 2018

People, including one dressed as a dinosaur, look at the sunset from atop dunes at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on Dec. 30, 2017.
People slide down sand dunes at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.

From Winograd's well-known picture to stories from friends and family, White Sands National Monument in New Mexico is one of the jewels of the US National Park Service that I've always wanted to visit. I finally got the chance, for two sunsets, on a holiday trip in December, and it was everything I'd imagined. What a treat it was to crawl over the dunes as the sky turned from blue to orange to pink to black.

More pictures at my archive: White Sands National Monument - Dunes - Sunset - Tourism - New Mexico - 29 and 30 Dec 2017

People watch the sunset at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Fri., Dec. 29, 2017.
People watch the sunset at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.
People walk from a parking area to watch the sunset at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Fri., Dec. 29, 2017.
Sand dunes stretch to the San Andres Mountains west of White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.
Food cooks on a grill in a parking area as the sun sets at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.
The sun sets at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Fri., Dec. 29, 2017.
A dog stands near food under a picnic shelter at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.
People watch the sunset at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Fri., Dec. 29, 2017.
Flames are seen on a grill in a parking area as people watch the sunset at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017.
Heidi Wickersham drives away from White Sands National Monument as the sun sets near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Fri., Dec. 29, 2017.
People begin to leave the park after the sun sets at White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, on Sat., Dec. 30, 2017. Park rangers work to clear out the park before the gates close soon after sun set.

Recent work for the New York Times
February 27, 2018

The anatomy of an ICE raid rumor from facebook to protest in Brockton, MA

BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. Natalia Guerrero, 25, of Brockton, Mass., (center) holds a sign during a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside. Guerrero is a volunteer with the Coalition for Social Justice, which helped organize the rally. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) speaks at a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after DuBois posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Holding a phone displaying a recent rumor posted on Facebook about an upcoming ICE raid, Carlha Toussaint, 24, of Brockton, Massachusetts, is a community organizer with the Coalition for Social Justice in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Carlha Toussaint, 24, of Brockton, Massachusetts, is a community organizer with the Coalition for Social Justice in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Isabel Lopez, 50, of Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, holds a card given out to area immigrants as part of "Know Your Rights" efforts by advocates of immigrants. Lopez is an independent community organizer who has worked with various organizations in the Brockton, Massachusetts, area for the past 8 years. The card has information about people's constitutional rights and what to say if immigration enforcement officers come to one's home. On one side is English, and on the other side is Haitian-Creole. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. Simon Sakpo, 50, of Brockton, Mass., holds a sign reading "Is ICE an acronym...or just the state of Trump's [heart]?" during a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside. Sakpo is originally from Togo in West Africa. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Isabel Lopez, 50, of Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, has been a community organizer in the Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, for the past 8 years. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 29, 2017. International flags fly near Brockton City Hall in downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., March 29, 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 29, 2017. Cardosa Cafe on Montello Street is one of few businesses open at night near downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., March 29, 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Resistance School at Harvard University with Michael Blake

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Tyler Rodgers, 30, a Master of Public Policy grad student at Harvard, wears a Resistance School shirt under his jacket while directing attendees to the lecture space before a session of Resistance School at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. A video camera records as New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Sam Carson, 28, (from front left), Monica Giannone, 29, Brandon Kappy, 26, and Jesse Erin Posner, 27, listen from the back of the room as New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The four are involved in the production of Resistance School: Carson led the logistics group volunteers before the lecture; Giannone is one of the organization's co-founders and is in charge of logistics, content, and tech, during the livestreams; Kappy is the group's Digital Director; and Posner is a production designer. Carson and Giannone are Master in Public Policy grad students at the Kennedy School. Kappy is an MD and MPP student. Posner works in Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Jesse Erin Posner (right), 31, and Arianna Grand, 27, put up Resistance School logo stencil on a whiteboard before a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Posner works in Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and serves as Production Designer for Resistance School. Grand is a Master in Public Policy grad student at Harvard's Kennedy School. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." Resistance School puts on live lectures by leading progressives that are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Shanoor Seervai (in white with pink scarf), one of the Resistance School's co-founders, sits with other "war room" volunteers outside a Taubman Building conference room before a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The "war room" is a group of volunteers who engage with Resistance School followers on social media, sending out quotations and supplemental materials, during the lecture. The team also transcribes the lecture. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Shanoor Seervai (left), one of the Resistance School's co-founders, works in the "war room" with other volunteers in a Taubman Building conference room while New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The "war room" is a group of volunteers who engage with Resistance School followers on social media, sending out quotations and supplemental materials, during the lecture. The team also transcribes the lecture. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Cape Wind developer Jim Gordon

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Jim Gordon is the President of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, seen here in the company's offices in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Jim Gordon is the President of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, seen here in the company's offices in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Final Environment Impact Statements and Reports stand on a bookshelf in the office of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

North End Bocce Ball League

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Wooden scoreboards and a notecard and pencil at one end of each court are used to keep track of games as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: A player prepares to throw a bocce ball during a game as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Bocce balls can be seen in a court as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather around thrown balls to determine scoring during a game as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather around thrown balls to determine scoring as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather bocce balls in a bag at the end of the game after members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gathered to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

A look at the newly renovated Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Construction equipment stands outside Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The white section of the building (left) has already received a base coat; a light yellow will be painted on for the final coat. The exterior is being repaired and will soon be painted to give the hotel an updated look. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A newly renovated guest room is seen at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A newly renovated guest room is seen at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Owner George Filopoulos is seen in a gutted restaurant space at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017. The restaurant space, previously housing the Hyatt's Windward Restaurant, will be the location of a new Scarpetta restaurant, an Italian restaurant with locations around the US. The renovation is intended to increase the volume and space of the restaurant. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Storefronts line Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island, seen here on Wed., April 19, 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A statue of French General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau stands in a park on the southern edge of Newport Harbor in Newport, Rhode Island, seen here on Wed., April 19, 2017. Rochambeau assisted the American colonies during the American Revolution. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Boats stand in drydock near Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Meeting about future of Pilgrim Nuclear Energy Station

PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. People gather for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Pilgrim Station is a nuclear power plant operated by Entergy. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Mary Gatslick, of Plymouth, Mass., holds a sign reading "I support Pilgrim Station / Safe. Secure. Vital" at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Gatslick was one of few at the meeting expressing support for the power plant's continued operation. She says she has worked for Entergy for 25 years. "I am totally insulted by remarks about the incompetence of workers [at Pilgrim Station]," she said. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. A bumper sticker reading "Pilgrim Blows: Bridges Close!" was given out outside a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials speak at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. The officials at the meeting are, from left: Ray Lorson, Director of NRC Region 1 Division of Reactor Safety; Bill Dean, Director of NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Dan Dorman, NRC Region 1 Regional Administrator; and Don Jackson, 95003 Team Lead in the NRC Region 1 Division of Reactor Safety. An email from Don Jackson was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Diane Turco, of Harwick, Mass., speaks at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Turco is the director of the Cape Downwinders, a group of area residents opposing the continued operation of Pilgrim Station. Truco was the recipient of an email from the NRC that was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

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