Bearings readers are in for a special treat. The following is the first day in five. When I was 23 and about to quit my first job after college, I decided to leave it all behind – if just for a few weeks. The ultimate destination was Batopilas, Mexico, a small village that sits deep […]

Some of you may know the story of Kevin Carter, a young and promising photojournalist who brought us the hunger of Sudan in full force. And when one really thinks about it — when one looks deeply into the lives of the photographers who make a living off the worst facets of human history — […]

It’s fortunate that most people in most places have the intelligence and common sense to recognize the difference between the attitudes and policies of a country’s government and those of its citizens. If that were not largely the case, the world really would be as dangerous a place as the U.S. government makes it out […]