Kojo Ocran

13/05/2026

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”

03/05/2026

07/04/2026

FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE : A STATEMENT ON THE THREAT TO HUMANITY

April 8, 2026

Today, the world stands on the precipice of an unthinkable catastrophe. Donald Trump has issued a threat that shatters every principle of international law and human decency. By declaring that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," he is not just threatening a nation; he is declaring war on the very concept of humanity and our collective future.

You are talking about erasing a whole civilization as if it is a simple political choice. You are speaking of ending 90 million lives and thousands of years of human history as if you are clearing a path for a project. To treat the annihilation of an entire culture as a mere deadline in a negotiation is a level of cruelty that the world must not, and will not, accept.

For decades, the people of this world have called for a future built on sustainability, peace, and life. Instead, you have spent our future on weapons of mass destruction. You have prioritized the machinery of death over the survival of the planet and its people. Now, you have the audacity to say that by tonight, an entire culture will be "never to be brought back again." How can you even find the words for such a thing? How can any leader look at 93 million people children, students, workers, and elders and see only a target for demolition?

The eyes of all future generations are upon you.

If you choose to fail us by carrying out this atrocity, we tell you: we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line. Whether you like it or not, change is coming. The world is waking up, and your threats will not silence the truth. You say civilization will die tonight? No. It is your old, violent way of thinking that must die so that the rest of us can live.

We call on the citizens of the world to rise. We call for an immediate halt to all strikes on civilian infrastructure and an end to the rhetoric of extermination. We will stand as human shields for the people.

From New York to Stockholm, from Tehran to Dhaka, the power of the people shall not be defeated. The evildoers will fall!

Design Credit - Debashish Chakrabarty

06/04/2026

40th. 💡

06/04/2026

27/03/2026

26/03/2026

An interactive looking and listening session of images from the Photographs & Prints Division

13/03/2026

Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it, the sociologist Matthew Desmond told Annie Lowrey in 2023. https://theatln.tc/FqW0IgRp

Desmond says that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries. “We have so many resources,” he told Lowrey. “Our tolerance for poverty is very high, much higher than it is in other parts of the developed world. I don’t know if it’s a belief, a cliché, or a myth. You see a homeless person in Los Angeles; an American says, ‘What did that person do?’ You see a homeless person in France; a French person says, ‘What did the state do? How did the state fail them?’”

Desmond argues that many wealthy people will fight against poor families moving into their neighborhoods. “If you think of zoning laws—that is how we build walls around our communities, how so many affluent communities keep out not just affordable , but any multifamily housing,” Desmond said.

The segregation that is created with exclusionary zoning contributes to racial disparities in poverty. “It is impossible to write a book called ‘Poverty, by America’ without writing a book about racism,” Desmond continues. “In white America, there’s no equivalent of the incredibly segregated and poor neighborhoods so many Black families find themselves in.” He notes that segregationists in the 1930s and ’50s used “the same exact arguments that we do today. They talk about property values, schools, and crime.” But, he adds, there are solutions to America’s poverty problem.

Read more from Lowrey’s interview with Desmond: https://theatln.tc/FqW0IgRp

🎨: The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Shutterstock.