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Scenes from No Kings Rally and March, Grant Park and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, 18 October 2025. The plume of water visible in the background in one of the photos is the central jet of Buckingham Fountain displaying its solidarity.
Individuals gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park for the No Kings Rally and March, Saturday, 18 October 2025. Chicago skyline, including the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in the right center background Individuals gathered in Grant Park for Chicago’s No Kings Rally and March, Saturday, 18 October 2025. One of the placards reads “We love America—We hate fascism.” Another placard reads “No Kings—Yes to Black Queens” and displays photos of notable American Black women. Individuals gathered in Grant Park for Chicago’s No Kings Rally and March, Saturday, 18 October 2025. In the background, the central jet of Buckingham Fountain displaying its solidarity. The beginning of the No Kings March, corner of Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, Saturday, 18 October 2025.
October 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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An embrace of sorts. Hanna (black cat) and Tamino (brown tabby) napping. Chicago, Illinois. 5 October 2025
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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The Lowry-Goodrich mausoleum, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photographed 13 September 2025.
Mausoleum in the form of a Greek temple, surrounded by a green lawn and shaded by large trees. The family names Lowry and Goodrich appear over the entry. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photographed on 13 September 2025.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Bright lichen, gray day. Near Lake Contoocook, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 27 July 2025.
An oval patch of pale green lichen on a small dark gray boulder wreathed in bright green leaves of nearby shrubs. Near Lake Contoocook, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 27 July 2025.
July 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Blossoming plants and shrubs in a pollinator garden, Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois, 24 June 2025.
Tall spikes of individual yellow flowers in a pollinator garden, Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois, 24 June 2025. Pink flowering shrubs in a pollinator garden, Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois, 24 June 2025.
June 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Images from Chicago’s “No Kings” rally and march. 14 June 2025.
Chicago, Daley Plaza, “No Kings” rally and march. Sign: “Fight Truth Decay.” 14 June 2025. Chicago, Daley Plaza, “No Kings” rally and march. US flag and rainbow flag. 14 June 2025. Chicago, Daley Plaza, “No Kings” rally and march. ACLU hand sign. 14 June 2025. Chicago, Daley Plaza, “No Kings” rally and march. Sign: “Trump has a mugshot—our dads don’t.” 14 June 2025.
June 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Rose and iris blossoms, Elmdale Avenue, Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois, 7 June 2025.
Two deep pink and one pale pink rose and rose buds against shiny deep green foliage. One deep purple iris blossom encircled by several yellow-and-bronze variegated iris blossoms against matte green foliage.
June 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Views of Shiloh Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana. Photographed 14 May 2025. Graves on a verdant hillside.
A row of toppled 19th-century stone cemetery monuments on a grass-covered hillside, Shiloh Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana. A 19th-century gray stone cemetery monument in the shape of a podium supporting a closed Holy Bible. Memorializing Julia Hedrick who died on October 22, 1899. Shiloh Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana. A stone cemetery monument in the shape of a heart supported on palm fronds memorializing Thelma (1921-1922) and Geneva (1918-1918) Hatton backgrounded by leafy green shrubs. Shiloh Cemetery, Brown County, Indiana.
May 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Some of the Browns of Brown County, Indiana, in Shiloh Cemetery, near Story, Indiana. Photographed 14 May 2025.
Reddish stone marker inscribed Shiloh Cemetery Est. 1830. 19th-century gray stone cemetery monument with a simplified classical pediment and the family name Brown. Small gray stone cemetery monument in the shape of a sleeping lamb memorializing Charles W. Brown born Feb. 18, 1877. Small gray stone cemetery monument in the shape of a sleeping lamb memorializing John W. Brown born Mar. 15, 1875.
May 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Chicago Cultural Center (formerly Chicago Public Library) south façade, 28 April 2025.
Purple, yellow, and white hyacinths blooming in a decorative black iron window box on the south facade of Chicago Cultural Center in morning sunlight.
April 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 5 April 2025.
Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 5 April 2025. Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 5 April 2025. “We the people are pissed!” Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 5 April 2025. “United we stand & here we come!” Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 5 April 2025. The crowd beginning to build.
April 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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David Wojnarowicz by Peter Hujar (1983)
January 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM