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<p>Two well-armed national police officers patrol the streets of Tame, passing sun-beaten election murals for the then-mayor.</p>

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PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>A woman and her children on a backstreet of Tunis's Medina. <br /></p> <p>The date on the wall refers to the Tunisian general election from the previous year, which (unsurprisingly) saw the highly corrupt president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 're-elected' for a fourth time – with a mere 94.9 percent of the vote. A few years later, Ben Ali's flagrant misrule sparked the Arab Spring that permanently removed him from power.</p>
<p>A farmer carries some of his harvest through terraced paddies.</p>
<p>A pretty corner store, no longer in use, somewhere in western Uruguay.</p>
<p>Some of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo prepare to air their calls for justice directly at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires. Their intense expressions match the determination they have shown in their decades-long struggle for accountability.</p>
<p>A boy cycling through town.</p>
<p>Autumn leaves resemble a fireworks display.</p>
<p>A couple cut through a glistening Marienplatz, Munich.</p>
<p>An autumn afternoon on Berlin's Oderberger Strasse.<br /></p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no byline. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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Not this time, either, FIFA

On boycotting another World Cup.
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Healthy Banks, Hungry People: The PRI’s Priorities for Mexico

President Zedillo plans to begin subsidizing the nation’s richest citizens: its private bankers.
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Civilian “Collaborators” in Colombia’s Conflict

Though press reports often cite deaths of civilian collaborators, what qualifies as “collaboration” is rarely explored by mainstream coverage.