America

How do we break out of the echo chambers that got Trump elected?
Activism

How do we break out of the echo chambers that got Trump elected?

Feelings, Facebook and fallout — The world right now feels like a dangerous, hate-filled place, it's no wonder that we take to social media desperate to be surrounded by comforting voices we agree with. Dr Marta Zarzycka asks what this means for individuals and society at large in a post-Trump era.

Written by: Dr Marta Zarzycka

Disunited States: Lessons learnt in a divided America
Reportage

Disunited States: Lessons learnt in a divided America

Taking on Trump — After a week on the ground in Atlanta, trying to work out how 2016's election ended with Trump as President-elect, Huck's News Editor Michael Segalov heads back to the United Kingdom. Here's what we've learnt: there's no easy answer.

Written by: Michael Segalov

These Syrian refugees believe America will rise above Trump’s racism
Reportage

These Syrian refugees believe America will rise above Trump’s racism

“America offers us a future” — There's much to fear in Trump's America, and for nobody is this truer than Muslim refugees. In the small town of Clarkston, Georgia, live the Dallou family, who arrived here seeking refuge from violence in Syria. They remain positive about the future.

Written by: Michael Segalov

The Atlanta skate park that fought back against gentrification - and won
Culture

The Atlanta skate park that fought back against gentrification - and won

Disunited States: Black Blocks — Built in 1996 in time for Atlanta to host the Olympic Games, Black Blocks was a small urban square designed to spruce up the highway, but it quickly became an important spot for Atlanta’s skaters. Gentrification is in full swing in the city, and when the authorities tried to shut it down earlier this year, the community rallied together to save it, explains Andrew Murrell.

Written by: Andrew Murrell

On the frontlines of Atlanta's homelessness crisis
Reportage

On the frontlines of Atlanta's homelessness crisis

America’s guilty little secret — Like every American city, homelessness in Atlanta is all too commonplace. The economic downturn hit this city hard, and gentrification finds no space for those who are desperate.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Blurring fantasy and reality in America's poorest region
Magazine

Blurring fantasy and reality in America's poorest region

Imagined truths — Across Appalachia, photographer Stacy Kranitz is embedding herself into the frame, turning strangers into lovers, subjects into friends, and exploding the myth that photography is objective.

Written by: Stacy Kranitz

American Juggalo 2: Into the heart of America’s most misunderstood subculture
Film

American Juggalo 2: Into the heart of America’s most misunderstood subculture

Whoop whoop! — Independent filmmaker Sean Dunne returns to the world of the Juggalos and explains how psychedelics have given him a new way to empathise and connect with his subjects.

Written by: Alex King

The Travel Diary: What remains of America's fading utopias?
Photography

The Travel Diary: What remains of America's fading utopias?

What you see along the way — In the 1800s, pioneering thinkers travelled across the United States to set up new, utopian communities, to challenge the status quo. Photographer Marta Giaccone travelled to America to find out what was left of them.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Photographs of America losing its shit
Photography

Photographs of America losing its shit

Drunk on Trump — Canadian photographer Sarah Palmer's latest project, Drunk on Trump, captures the hysteria reigning across the United States as the Presidential race comes to a chaotic climax.

Written by: Khadija Ahmed

The greatest struggles and subcultures of the 1960s
Photography

The greatest struggles and subcultures of the 1960s

Breaking with the old way — Danny Lyon pioneered a new form of photojournalism in the 1960s, getting deep with his subjects and seeing the world through their eyes: in prisons, biker gangs and in the Civil Rights Movement.

Written by: Alex King

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