Outside the unveiling of Boston’s The Embrace sculpture commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2023

People remove a green fabric on the fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
Viewed through a fence put up for the unveiling, "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, was unveiled to the public in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.

“The Embrace,” a new two-story sculpture celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King, who met in Boston, was unveiled on Jan. 13, 2023, in Boston Common, America’s first public park. It’s the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. The sculpture’s abstract form–which has drawn some criticism–is drawn from a photo of when the couple embraced after learning MLK had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

While the sculpture’s website said, “Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us,” the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders. There were large screens set up outside the ceremony so the general public could view the proceedings, but many outside the fence were frustrated without a way to glimpse the new sculpture with their own eyes until they pulled down the green fabric on the fence obscuring their view.

People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A black fabric covers part of the sculpture before the unveiling of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A screen outside the unveiling ceremony allowed the general public to view the ceremony as "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, was unveiled in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A choir sings during the unveiling ceremony of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
People look through and over a fence to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.
A Black man raises his hand above the fence while trying to get a view of "The Embrace," a public art sculpture in Boston Common celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and wife Coretta Scott King, as it is unveiled during a ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, on Fri., Jan. 13, 2023. The statue is 22-feet tall and is based on a photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King embracing after learning he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The sculpture is the first new piece of art added to the Common in decades. While the sculpture's website said, "Come on down to Boston Common on Friday January 13 to the outdoor unveiling and stand with us," the actual unveiling ceremony was only open to ticket-holders, leaving many frustrated outside the fences without a way to glimpse the new sculpture until the crowd pulled down the green fabric obscuring their view. The sculpture was designed by the artist Hank Willis Thomas and has been criticized for its abstract, headless form. The unveiling ceremony, closed to the general public, included members of the King family and local Boston and Massachusetts politicians.

Tied state rep race in Rochester, NH, for the New York Times
January 17, 2023

ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. The tower of the United Methodist Church stands above other buildings on North Main Street (foreground) and South Main Street (near church) in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A mural reading "Greetings from Rochester" is seen on the exterior of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

For the New York Times, I spent a day in Rochester, New Hampshire, a small town with a tied State Representative midterm race. The two candidates for Ward 4 rep live on the same street and have known each other for years and both received 970 votes. The winner will be determine in a run-off election in February. It was such a joy to just wander around and find what I could: an over-45 pickleball tournament, a comic store where political discussion is forbidden, scenes around the town, a bar where political discussion doesn’t happen often (one patron expressed surprise about the tied election; “I don’t see the divide here”), and one of the candidates, Republican David Walker, who has previously served as mayor and on the city council. Other parts of the story photographed by Ryan David Brown.

ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Server Maggie Morneault brings food to customers at Windjammers Seafood Restaurant in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A decal shows a heart in southeastern New Hampshire on the back window of a car in a parking lot in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Competitors wait for the final round of the age 45+ holiday pickleball tournament in the gym at Rochester Recreation and Arena in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. "This is what people want to be doing, not playing bingo!" said Sharon Hadwen, 81, of Rochester, (second from right) from the sidelines after having been eliminated from the tournament. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Republican state representative candidate David Walker is seen in the City Council Chamber at Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Walker and opponent incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie tied in the 2022 election for Rochester Ward 4 State Representative and will face a run-off election in 2023. Both candidates received 970 votes. Walker previously served as Rochester's mayor and on the Rochester City Council. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Republican state representative candidate David Walker is seen in Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Walker and opponent incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie tied in the 2022 election for Rochester Ward 4 State Representative and will face a run-off election in 2023. Both candidates received 970 votes. Walker previously served as Rochester's mayor and on the Rochester City Council. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Employee Kyle Litchfield helps customers at Jetpack Comics, a busy comic book and game shop, in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Store manager Richard Brunelle III says the store has a policy that political discussion is not welcome in the store and that other customers help enforce the policy. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. An American flag is seen next to the Rochester Honor Roll outside Rochester City Hall in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. A statue of Reverend Amos Main stands in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. According to the plaque on the monument, Main was "the first settled minister of the First Congregational Church of the Province of Rochester" from 1737 until his death in 1760. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Window washer Ryan LeBlanc cleans the windows of Skele-tone Records in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. People gather at the bar at Revolution Taproom and Grill in downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. Residential houses are seen in a neighborhood near downtown Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - DEC 8, 2022. An antique car drives through a Cumberland Farms gas station parking lot in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA, on Thu., Dec. 8, 2022. Rochester's Ward 4 State Representative election in 2022 ended in a tie, with both incumbent Democratic representative Chuck Grassie and Republican candidate David Walker receiving 970 votes each. The election will be determined in a run-off election in 2023. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and inside Moderna’s labs for Le Point magazine
January 8, 2023

Commemorative candidate vaccine vials stand on display in the office Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine. Employees at the company get these commemorative vials for any vaccines that go to clinical trials while they work at the company.

For French business weekly Le Point, I visited two of Moderna’s lab and office facilities in Massachusetts to photograph inside their labs and the company’s CEO Stéphane Bancel as the company moves beyond the coronavirus vaccine and pushes toward a so-called personalized cancer vaccine. 

It was a difficult shoot with extremely limited access; lab spaces were generally off-limits or behind glass and had about 3 minutes for portraits with the CEO. 

Moderna employees work at desks near a lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
Seen in his office during an interview with Le Point reporter François Miguet, Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, seen here at Moderna's offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., Nov. 14, 2022. Moderna is best-known for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, but is working on vaccines for other diseases including a personal cancer vaccine.
A scientist works with automated pipetting equipment in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
Scientists work in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A scientist works with automated pipetting equipment in Moderna's lab for preclinical research and tech development in pharmaceutical company Moderna MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A multi-person glovebox stands in a lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
A lab in pharmaceutical company Moderna's MTC-North building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.
An exterior view of pharmaceutical company Moderna's manufacturing building in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Nov. 2, 2022.

New story – Narva: On the edge of Europe
October 6, 2022

A fancy limousine for hire with gold rims and a large hood ornament stands in a parking lot near Soviet-era khrushchyovka apartment blocs in Narva, Estonia, on Tue., May 10, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. The city was practically leveled during World War 2 and was rebuilt with Soviet-style apartment buildings.
Soviet-era khrushchyovka-style apartment blocs are seen reflected in a puddle after a rainstorm in Narva, Estonia, on Thu., May 12, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. The city was practically leveled during World War 2 and was rebuilt with Soviet-style apartment buildings.
People carry a casket down the steps of the Narva Icon of Our Lady Church, a Russian Orthodox church, after a funeral in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia.
A Soviet-era khrushchyovka-style apartment bloc stands over smaller houses in the outskirts of Narva, Estonia, on Thu., May 12, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. The city was practically leveled during World War 2 and was rebuilt with Soviet-style apartment buildings.

I’ve just published a new story in the Documentary Projects section of my website. Narva: On the edge of Europe looks at the European Union’s most-Russian city at the time of heightened tension in the Eastern Europe and especially in border regions in the Baltics as Russia continues it’s invasion of Ukraine. I spent a few days there in May 2022. Click through to see the full story. 

An elderly woman looks at produce for sale outside the Grossi shopping complex in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia.
People walk through the empty and abandoned Kreenholm Manufacturing Company textile factory as part of a Russian-language tour of the building in Narva, Estonia, on Thu., May 12, 2022. The Kreenholm mill was built in 1857 by Russian cotton magnate Ludwig Knoop and went bankrupt in 2010. The Narva Museum organizes weekly tours of the facility.
Aleksandr, a cobbler from Baku, Azerbaijan, operates a small shoe repair shop in the corner of buildings where car mechanics work near the abandoned Kreenholm manufacturing facility in Narva, Estonia, on Thu., May 12, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. Aleksandr says that he's been operating the shop in this location for about 12 years and pays 40 euros per month in rent for the shop. He says that gets his repair materials on periodic trips to Saint Petersburg, Russia, which is only a two-hour car or bus trip from Narva, but that sanctions relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine have made that difficult in recent months. The materials he uses to repair shoes are much cheaper to purchase in Russia, he says.
Tatjana (pink jacket) and Alexei are a Ukrainian couple from Ukraine who have been living in Narva, Estonia, since 2019, seen here in Narva, Estonia, on Tue., May 10, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. The couple work in a sushi restaurant with other Ukrainians who've moved to Narva. From 2013 to 2016 they all worked in a sushi restaurant in Kiev, Ukraine, and gradually moved to Narva and all work together in the Estonian city.
People walk along the bridge border crossing over the Narva River from Russia (at right) to Estonia in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. As tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine rise, there have been calls to halt border crossings from Russia to Eastern Europe, including this border crossing.
Pastor Vladimir Sednev delivers a sermon during the weekly Wednesday night worship service at the charismatic Christian Word of God Church in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Word of God is translated as Слово Божье (Slovo Bozhe) in Russian. Though this church is in Estonia, Narva is Europe's most Russian city and the church service was delivered in Russian language rather than Estonian. The worship services are highly produced and streamed live on youtube. The Word of God Church emphasizes the power of prayer and money donation as a part of their faith. This evening's sermon focused on the power of prayer, especially regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine. Pastor Sednev spoke about prayer healing different diseases and read scriptures from the Book of Daniel and Book of Isaiah. "I want to be church of prayers," Sednev said during the Russian-language sermon, "I want to pray about prayer.... As I see conflict in Ukraine I want to pray much more." Throughout the sermon Pastor Sednev said he would pray about the people of Ukraine, the people of Russia, the people of Narva, the people of Europe, and other groups.
Aleksandr fishes from the Estonian bank of the Narva River across the river from Russia in Narva, Estonia, on Tue., May 10, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia.
A water tower stands on top of a tall residential apartment building in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. The city was practically leveled during World War 2 and was rebuilt with Soviet-style apartment buildings. The building was designed by Estonian architect Henno Sepmann and built in 1969.
Lights illuminate individual apartments in run-down looking Soviet-style khrushchyovka apartment buildings in Narva, Estonia, on Wed., May 11, 2022. Narva is Europe's easternmost and most Russian city (approximately 95% of the population is Russian) and sits on the border with Russia in northeastern Estonia. Most of the city was leveled during World War 2 and the city was rebuilt with these Soviet-style apartment blocs.

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August 1, 2022

Work permit delays for legal immigrants and asylum seekers for Bloomberg Businessweek

Maria Eran, 49, is an Iranian political asylum seeker who has experienced difficulty renewing her work permit this year, seen here in a recreation area near Cochituate Lake State Park near her apartment in Natick, Massachusetts, on Fri., March 11, 2022. Eran has been working as a Senior Relationship Manager at Santander Bank, working mostly on a business accounts. She applied for asylum in late 2016 after having received threats from the Iranian government after working in an American consulate in Turkey in the early 2000s. Her work permit required a renewal in January 2022, for which she applied in September 2021; the US government has acknowledged receipt of the work permit renewal but has not given her the proper paperwork to continue working. As a result she hasn't been able to work since Jan. 14, 2022. This has made life difficult for Eran, who, along with her husband, has to pay rent and pays for their daughter's tuition at Temple University. The work permit issue has also caused difficulty in renewing her driver's license and a house purchase that the couple is trying to complete. "Taking my business from me is like I'm handicapped," Eran says. She says she's been stuck at home for the past two months and has had to walk to complete errands. "I try to be positive," she says, "I don't want to go the other direction [toward negative thoughts] because it's difficult." Eran says she has been volunteering as a translator for Afghan refugees while unable to legally work.
Maria Eran, 49, is an Iranian political asylum seeker who has experienced difficulty renewing her work permit this year, seen here in a recreation area near Cochituate Lake State Park near her apartment in Natick, Massachusetts, on Fri., March 11, 2022. Eran has been working as a Senior Relationship Manager at Santander Bank, working mostly on a business accounts. She applied for asylum in late 2016 after having received threats from the Iranian government after working in an American consulate in Turkey in the early 2000s. Her work permit required a renewal in January 2022, for which she applied in September 2021; the US government has acknowledged receipt of the work permit renewal but has not given her the proper paperwork to continue working. As a result she hasn't been able to work since Jan. 14, 2022. This has made life difficult for Eran, who, along with her husband, has to pay rent and pays for their daughter's tuition at Temple University. The work permit issue has also caused difficulty in renewing her driver's license and a house purchase that the couple is trying to complete. "Taking my business from me is like I'm handicapped," Eran says. She says she's been stuck at home for the past two months and has had to walk to complete errands. "I try to be positive," she says, "I don't want to go the other direction [toward negative thoughts] because it's difficult." Eran says she has been volunteering as a translator for Afghan refugees while unable to legally work.
Maria Eran, 49, is an Iranian political asylum seeker who has experienced difficulty renewing her work permit this year, seen here in her apartment in Natick, Massachusetts, on Fri., March 11, 2022. Eran has been working as a Senior Relationship Manager at Santander Bank, working mostly on a business accounts. She applied for asylum in late 2016 after having received threats from the Iranian government after working in an American consulate in Turkey in the early 2000s. Her work permit required a renewal in January 2022, for which she applied in September 2021; the US government has acknowledged receipt of the work permit renewal but has not given her the proper paperwork to continue working. As a result she hasn't been able to work since Jan. 14, 2022. This has made life difficult for Eran, who, along with her husband, has to pay rent and pays for their daughter's tuition at Temple University. The work permit issue has also caused difficulty in renewing her driver's license and a house purchase that the couple is trying to complete. "Taking my business from me is like I'm handicapped," Eran says. She says she's been stuck at home for the past two months and has had to walk to complete errands. "I try to be positive," she says, "I don't want to go the other direction [toward negative thoughts] because it's difficult." Eran says she has been volunteering as a translator for Afghan refugees while unable to legally work.
Maria Eran, 49, is an Iranian political asylum seeker who has experienced difficulty renewing her work permit this year, seen here in a recreation area near Cochituate Lake State Park near her apartment in Natick, Massachusetts, on Fri., March 11, 2022. Eran has been working as a Senior Relationship Manager at Santander Bank, working mostly on a business accounts. She applied for asylum in late 2016 after having received threats from the Iranian government after working in an American consulate in Turkey in the early 2000s. Her work permit required a renewal in January 2022, for which she applied in September 2021; the US government has acknowledged receipt of the work permit renewal but has not given her the proper paperwork to continue working. As a result she hasn't been able to work since Jan. 14, 2022. This has made life difficult for Eran, who, along with her husband, has to pay rent and pays for their daughter's tuition at Temple University. The work permit issue has also caused difficulty in renewing her driver's license and a house purchase that the couple is trying to complete. "Taking my business from me is like I'm handicapped," Eran says. She says she's been stuck at home for the past two months and has had to walk to complete errands. "I try to be positive," she says, "I don't want to go the other direction [toward negative thoughts] because it's difficult." Eran says she has been volunteering as a translator for Afghan refugees while unable to legally work.

Journalist and author Jeff Chu for the New York Times

Jeff Chu is a journalist and author who finished Rachel Held Evans' book "Wholehearted Faith," which will be published on Nov. 2, 2021. Chu is seen here outside his home in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Mon., Oct. 18, 2021. Rachel Held Evans died in 2019 and her husband asked Chu, who had been friends with Evans since 2013, to help complete the book. Asked about finishing the book, Chu said, "I mean it sucks, right? It's an honor but it's an honor I wouldn't want anyone to have because she's not around to do it herself." Chu said that the manuscript was about twenty percent complete when he took over, but he says, "I would never say I did eighty percent of it." Chu says he cobbled the book together from Evans other writings including blog posts and talks she'd given. "My background as an editor came in handy," Chu says.
Jeff Chu is a journalist and author who finished Rachel Held Evans' book "Wholehearted Faith," which will be published on Nov. 2, 2021. Chu is seen here outside his home in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Mon., Oct. 18, 2021. Rachel Held Evans died in 2019 and her husband asked Chu, who had been friends with Evans since 2013, to help complete the book. Asked about finishing the book, Chu said, "I mean it sucks, right? It's an honor but it's an honor I wouldn't want anyone to have because she's not around to do it herself." Chu said that the manuscript was about twenty percent complete when he took over, but he says, "I would never say I did eighty percent of it." Chu says he cobbled the book together from Evans other writings including blog posts and talks she'd given. "My background as an editor came in handy," Chu says.
A copy of Rachel Held Evans' posthumous book "Wholehearted Faith," which was completed after her death by friend Jeff Chu, is seen in Chu's house in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Mon., Oct. 18, 2021. Chu is a journalist and author and the book will be published on Nov. 2, 2021. Rachel Held Evans died in 2019 and her husband asked Chu, who had been friends with Evans since 2013, to help complete the book. Asked about finishing the book, Chu said, "I mean it sucks, right? It's an honor but it's an honor I wouldn't want anyone to have because she's not around to do it herself." Chu said that the manuscript was about twenty percent complete when he took over, but he says, "I would never say I did eighty percent of it." Chu says he cobbled the book together from Evans other writings including blog posts and talks she'd given. "My background as an editor came in handy," Chu says.
Jeff Chu is a journalist and author who finished Rachel Held Evans' book "Wholehearted Faith," which will be published on Nov. 2, 2021. Chu is seen here at Scorton Neck Beach near his home in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Mon., Oct. 18, 2021. Rachel Held Evans died in 2019 and her husband asked Chu, who had been friends with Evans since 2013, to help complete the book. Asked about finishing the book, Chu said, "I mean it sucks, right? It's an honor but it's an honor I wouldn't want anyone to have because she's not around to do it herself." Chu said that the manuscript was about twenty percent complete when he took over, but he says, "I would never say I did eighty percent of it." Chu says he cobbled the book together from Evans other writings including blog posts and talks she'd given. "My background as an editor came in handy," Chu says.
Jeff Chu is a journalist and author who finished Rachel Held Evans' book "Wholehearted Faith," which will be published on Nov. 2, 2021. Chu is seen here at his home in East Sandwich, Massachusetts, on Mon., Oct. 18, 2021. Rachel Held Evans died in 2019 and her husband asked Chu, who had been friends with Evans since 2013, to help complete the book. Asked about finishing the book, Chu said, "I mean it sucks, right? It's an honor but it's an honor I wouldn't want anyone to have because she's not around to do it herself." Chu said that the manuscript was about twenty percent complete when he took over, but he says, "I would never say I did eighty percent of it." Chu says he cobbled the book together from Evans other writings including blog posts and talks she'd given. "My background as an editor came in handy," Chu says.

Johanna Chao Kreilick, Union of Concerned Scientists president, for the Chronicle of Philanthropy

Johanna Chao Kreilick is the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, seen here at her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Mon., Jan. 17, 2022. Kreilick became president of the advocacy organization in May 2021 and says she hopes to "help anchor science as the center of the [United States'] super power and bring the organization up to face the future [including] an internal reorg and transformation that centers equity and inclusion." Kreilick previously served on the executive board of the Open Society Foundation where she founded the organization's Climate Action Initiative and led its strategy unit.
Johanna Chao Kreilick is the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, seen here at her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Mon., Jan. 17, 2022. Kreilick became president of the advocacy organization in May 2021 and says she hopes to "help anchor science as the center of the [United States'] super power and bring the organization up to face the future [including] an internal reorg and transformation that centers equity and inclusion." Kreilick previously served on the executive board of the Open Society Foundation where she founded the organization's Climate Action Initiative and led its strategy unit.
Johanna Chao Kreilick is the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, seen here at her home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Mon., Jan. 17, 2022. Kreilick became president of the advocacy organization in May 2021 and says she hopes to "help anchor science as the center of the [United States'] super power and bring the organization up to face the future [including] an internal reorg and transformation that centers equity and inclusion." Kreilick previously served on the executive board of the Open Society Foundation where she founded the organization's Climate Action Initiative and led its strategy unit.

January 6 insurrection defendant Suzanne Ianni for NPR

Sue Ianni, 59, was charged by federal authorities for participating in Trump supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, seen here outside her home in Natick, Massachusetts, on Wed., June 16, 2021. Ianni was charged with federal misdemeanors for trespassing on federal property and disorderly conduct inside the US Capitol. "A bunch of people go the same charges, and that was the minimum," Ianni saiys, "I don't know how they're going to hold that one [disorderly conduct]. I mean, people were disorderly, but I wasn't." Ianni is an elected member of the Natick Town Meeting and the Natick Republican Town Committee and is an active organizer with the Boston-area alt-right group Super Happy Fun America, serving as its Director of Operations. Super Happy Fun America is most well known for holding the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Ianni also helped organize 11 buses to take people from New England to attend then-president Donald Trump's Jan. 6, DC rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol.
NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS - JUN 16, 2021. Sue Ianni, 59, was charged by federal authorities for participating in Trump supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, seen here with her dog Benny outside her home in Natick, Massachusetts, on Wed., June 16, 2021. Ianni was charged with federal misdemeanors for trespassing on federal property and disorderly conduct inside the US Capitol. "A bunch of people go the same charges, and that was the minimum," Ianni saiys, "I don't know how they're going to hold that one [disorderly conduct]. I mean, people were disorderly, but I wasn't." Ianni is an elected member of the Natick Town Meeting and the Natick Republican Town Committee and is an active organizer with the Boston-area alt-right group Super Happy Fun America, serving as its Director of Operations. Super Happy Fun America is most well known for holding the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Ianni also helped organize 11 buses to take people from New England to attend then-president Donald Trump's Jan. 6, DC rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer
Sue Ianni, 59, was charged by federal authorities for participating in Trump supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, seen here outside her home in Natick, Massachusetts, on Wed., June 16, 2021. Ianni was charged with federal misdemeanors for trespassing on federal property and disorderly conduct inside the US Capitol. "A bunch of people go the same charges, and that was the minimum," Ianni saiys, "I don't know how they're going to hold that one [disorderly conduct]. I mean, people were disorderly, but I wasn't." Ianni is an elected member of the Natick Town Meeting and the Natick Republican Town Committee and is an active organizer with the Boston-area alt-right group Super Happy Fun America, serving as its Director of Operations. Super Happy Fun America is most well known for holding the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Ianni also helped organize 11 buses to take people from New England to attend then-president Donald Trump's Jan. 6, DC rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol.
NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS - JUN 16, 2021. Sue Ianni, 59, was charged by federal authorities for participating in Trump supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, seen here outside her home in Natick, Massachusetts, on Wed., June 16, 2021. Ianni was charged with federal misdemeanors for trespassing on federal property and disorderly conduct inside the US Capitol. "A bunch of people go the same charges, and that was the minimum," Ianni saiys, "I don't know how they're going to hold that one [disorderly conduct]. I mean, people were disorderly, but I wasn't." Ianni is an elected member of the Natick Town Meeting and the Natick Republican Town Committee and is an active organizer with the Boston-area alt-right group Super Happy Fun America, serving as its Director of Operations. Super Happy Fun America is most well known for holding the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Ianni also helped organize 11 buses to take people from New England to attend then-president Donald Trump's Jan. 6, DC rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer
NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS - JUN 16, 2021. Sue Ianni, 59, was charged by federal authorities for participating in Trump supporters' Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, seen here outside her home in Natick, Massachusetts, on Wed., June 16, 2021. Ianni was charged with federal misdemeanors for trespassing on federal property and disorderly conduct inside the US Capitol. "A bunch of people go the same charges, and that was the minimum," Ianni saiys, "I don't know how they're going to hold that one [disorderly conduct]. I mean, people were disorderly, but I wasn't." Ianni is an elected member of the Natick Town Meeting and the Natick Republican Town Committee and is an active organizer with the Boston-area alt-right group Super Happy Fun America, serving as its Director of Operations. Super Happy Fun America is most well known for holding the 2019 Straight Pride Parade in Boston. Ianni also helped organize 11 buses to take people from New England to attend then-president Donald Trump's Jan. 6, DC rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer

Author and data scientist Cathy O'Neill for The Observer

Cathy O'Neil is a data scientist and best-selling author, most recently of the book "The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation," seen here at home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., April 4, 2022. O'Neil also wrote "Weapons of Math Destruction," for which she received the Euler Book Prize. "The Shame Machine" looks at what she calls "the shame industrial complex," especially in the realm of social media and partisan politics. O'Neil is also CEO of ORCAA (O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing) a consulting group focused on examining bias in algorithms. ORCAA audits algorithms for racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory results in fields including hiring, insurance, and banking.
Copies of "The Shame Machine," a book published by Crown in March 2022, by Cathy O'Neil, are seen on the author's dining room table at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., April 4, 2022. O'Neil is a data scientist and best-selling author, most recently of the book "The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation" and "Weapons of Math Destruction," for which she received the Euler Book Prize. "The Shame Machine" looks at what she calls "the shame industrial complex," especially in the realm of social media and partisan politics. O'Neil is also CEO of ORCAA (O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing) a consulting group focused on examining bias in algorithms. ORCAA audits algorithms for racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory results in fields including hiring, insurance, and banking.
Copies of "The Shame Machine," a book published by Crown in March 2022, by Cathy O'Neil, are seen on the author's dining room table at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., April 4, 2022. O'Neil is a data scientist and best-selling author, most recently of the book "The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation" and "Weapons of Math Destruction," for which she received the Euler Book Prize. "The Shame Machine" looks at what she calls "the shame industrial complex," especially in the realm of social media and partisan politics. O'Neil is also CEO of ORCAA (O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing) a consulting group focused on examining bias in algorithms. ORCAA audits algorithms for racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory results in fields including hiring, insurance, and banking.
Cathy O'Neil is a data scientist and best-selling author, most recently of the book "The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation," seen here at home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Mon., April 4, 2022. O'Neil also wrote "Weapons of Math Destruction," for which she received the Euler Book Prize. "The Shame Machine" looks at what she calls "the shame industrial complex," especially in the realm of social media and partisan politics. O'Neil is also CEO of ORCAA (O'Neil Risk Consulting & Algorithmic Auditing) a consulting group focused on examining bias in algorithms. ORCAA audits algorithms for racist, sexist, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory results in fields including hiring, insurance, and banking.

Global Rescue security operations manager Harding Bush for Bloomberg Green

Harding Bush is the Associate Manager, Security Operations, for Global Rescue, seen here in the company's Operations Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Tue., Aug. 31, 2021. Global Rescue is a travel services company that provides medical, security, travel risk, and crisis management services to clients around the world, delivered by the company's team of paramedics and military special operations veterans. Harding Bush served more than 20 years as a US Navy Seal and served as a Command Senior Chief of the Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Course.
Harding Bush is the Associate Manager, Security Operations, for Global Rescue, seen here in the company's Operations Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Tue., Aug. 31, 2021. Global Rescue is a travel services company that provides medical, security, travel risk, and crisis management services to clients around the world, delivered by the company's team of paramedics and military special operations veterans. Harding Bush served more than 20 years as a US Navy Seal and served as a Command Senior Chief of the Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Course.
A sign reads "Optimism is NOT a strategy" near his name tag as Harding Bush works at his desk at Global Rescue, where he is the Associate Manager, Security Operations, in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Tue., Aug. 31, 2021. Global Rescue is a travel services company that provides medical, security, travel risk, and crisis management services to clients around the world, delivered by the company's team of paramedics and military special operations veterans. Harding Bush served more than 20 years as a US Navy Seal and served as a Command Senior Chief of the Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Course. The blue patch reading "Climb to Conquer" is the patch of the University of Norwich ROTC Mountain and Cold Weather Company, a training program for cold weather operations at the Vermont university. Bush earned both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Norwich.

Computer scientist Dina Katabi for MIT Spectrum

Dina Katabi is the Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor at MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, seen here in the STATA Center's Gates Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Fri., Dec. 17, 2021. Katabi is the leader of the NETMIT Research Group and Director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing and was a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Katabi has developed the Emerald, a device that uses radio waves like wifi signals to monitor a person's health and well-being without having sensors attached to their body.
Dina Katabi is the Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor at MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, seen here in her lab at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Fri., Dec. 17, 2021. Katabi is the leader of the NETMIT Research Group and Director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing and was a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Katabi has developed the Emerald (rear, right; white box on wall), a device that uses radio waves like wifi signals to monitor a person's health and well-being without having sensors attached to their body.
Dina Katabi is the Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor at MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab, seen here standing near a student's project in the STATA Center's Gates Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Fri., Dec. 17, 2021. Katabi is the leader of the NETMIT Research Group and Director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing and was a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Katabi has developed the Emerald, a device that uses radio waves like wifi signals to monitor a person's health and well-being without having sensors attached to their body.

Writer and trauma researcher Bessel van der Kolk for the Guardian

Bessel van der Kolk is a writer and researcher focusing on trauma and PTSD, seen here near his home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Sept. 15, 2021.
Bessel van der Kolk is a writer and researcher focusing on trauma and PTSD, seen here near his home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Sept. 15, 2021.
Bessel van der Kolk is a writer and researcher focusing on trauma and PTSD, seen here near his home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Sept. 15, 2021.
Bessel van der Kolk is a writer and researcher focusing on trauma and PTSD, seen here near his home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., Sept. 15, 2021.

National rededication ceremony for Boston’s Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial​
July 10, 2022

On June 1, 2022, the Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment, was rededicated 135 years after it was first unveiled in Boston, Massachusetts. The bronze relief sculpture sits opposite the Massachusetts State House at the edge of Boston Common in the heart of downtown Boston and was the first monument to Black soldiers in the Civil War. At the ceremony, Yale historian David Blight called it the “greatest work of public art in the United States,” and said that more poetry and songs have been written about it than any other monument in the country. When Civil War statues were being taken down in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police, Blight said this monument has “always been here saying the Confederacy did not win that war.” 

This ceremony served as a public unveiling of the sculpture after having undergone a two-year, three-million-dollar restoration, which included repair to the brass section of the monument and rebuilding the concrete foundation. The event was attended by members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Company A, a group of Black Civil War re-enactors who dress up as the 54th Regiment, the first Black regiment from the north to fight in the Civil War, formed after the Emancipation Proclamation, after Frederick Douglass’s work to convince Abraham Lincoln to recruit Black soldiers. The soldiers themselves raised funds for the monument starting shortly after their 1863 attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. 

The monument is part of Boston’s Black Freedom Trail. 


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