by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 11, 2019 | Images Tell The Story, Writing
CNN.com, June 8, 2019 Anyone who needs confirmation that our world is in transition need only look at the images generated by the visit of President Donald Trump and his family and entourage to Great Britain, France and Ireland this past week. The clash of worlds...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 18, 2018 | Images Tell The Story
CNN.com, July 18, 2018 Anyone who needs confirmation of the secret of a strongman — that he’s a weak man, in constant need of ego affirmation — need only look at images of the Helsinki “summit” between American President Donald Trump and...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 2, 2018 | Images Tell The Story, Writing
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by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 7, 2017 | Images Tell The Story
The New Yorker, October 5, 2017 In the late nineteen-thirties, as Benito Mussolini was preparing to host the 1942 World’s Fair, in Rome, he oversaw the construction of a new neighborhood, Esposizione Universale Roma, in the southwest of the city, to showcase Italy’s...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Sep 18, 2015 | Images Tell The Story
CNN.com, September 17, 2015 Should people living in America speak English? Should they be derided, viewed with suspicion, or even asked to leave, if they primarily speak a different language? Judging by the CNN debate on Wednesday night, Republican and conservative...
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Sep 3, 2015 | Images Tell The Story
CNN.com, September 3, 2015 Images of migrants’ suffering, and of humanitarian rescue, have filled our news feeds for more than a year now. Men, women, children — more than 300,000 on the move so far this year — fleeing war, poverty, political...
