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'Kyle Busch's final lesson for a sport built on risk'Excerpt from the story: AFTER KYLE BUSCH died, one NASCAR driver's ...
08/19/2026

'Kyle Busch's final lesson for a sport built on risk'

Excerpt from the story: AFTER KYLE BUSCH died, one NASCAR driver's wife had a question that brought her husband to tears.

Busch, 41, could see the end of his career approaching and had a plan. He would transition to coaching his son, 11-year-old Brexton, a child racing prodigy in the mold of his father. But before that next chapter, Busch developed pneumonia, then sepsis. He died May 21, six days after his last win and four days after his last race.

Amanda Wallace, thinking of Busch's two children, and of her own, asked her husband why Kyle would drive himself that hard when a second chapter of life was right around the corner.

What is it about climbing through that window that makes it so hard to walk away?

Bubba Wallace's mind went to Busch's postrace comments after winning the Dover truck race, his final victory: "You never know when the last one is," Busch said.

Photos for ESPN from the first NASCAR points race in 30 years at North Wilkesboro Speedway, where we spoke with drivers like Bubba Wallace, Brad Keselowski, Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, and fans about Kyle Busch's recent death. Story by Robert Klemko.

Today we helped a young single mom of one-year-old twins pay her light bill so her power could be restored. Since then, ...
07/28/2026

Today we helped a young single mom of one-year-old twins pay her light bill so her power could be restored. Since then, I've learned her situation is even more serious, she's also behind on rent. Let's come together and help her finish paying off her bills for the month. She needs $2,600 to get fully caught up. Every bit helps. Please feel free to share in your networks.

You can help her directly at:

PayPal: [email protected]
 
Zelle: [email protected]

I'll update this after we reach this goal.

I rarely ask for anything on social media, but today I'm asking for your help assisting a young single mom with twin one...
07/28/2026

I rarely ask for anything on social media, but today I'm asking for your help assisting a young single mom with twin one-year-olds whose lights were turned off today. She's been on the phone all morning trying to get assistance from various programs that won't be able to help today.

Her Cash App is $darajada8. She needs $519. Anything will help. I'll update this post once she's reached the goal.

"The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, no...
07/04/2026

"The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”

- Frederick Douglass

Really proud of this work I've been slowly chipping away at that published this week for TIME with support from The Cent...
06/27/2026

Really proud of this work I've been slowly chipping away at that published this week for TIME with support from The Center for Contemporary Documentation

Rising sea levels are remaking reality in this rural community.

Scranton, N.C., lies in a low-lying county defined by waterways on a coast where seas are expected to rise by 10 to 12 in. by 2050. The waters on the U.S. southeast and Gulf coasts are among the fastest rising in the U.S., reaching record-breaking rates of half an inch per year since 2010.

On North Carolina’s northeastern coast, where Scranton is located, sea levels have risen about 2 in. per decade since 1978, and the impacts are already being felt.

“Normally, I leave and go to a higher ground, and you don't know what you come back home to,” says Scranton resident Lovie Miller.

Thank you so much to Kaya Lee Berne for all of your support, guidance, and the beautiful edit! Major thank you to all the folks in Scranton and Hyde County who opened up their homes and lives so this important story about the impacts of climate change can be told!

Please take some time to read the story with text by Simmone Shah. Link in my bio for the full story. You can also check it out in the story in the July 6th issue of TIME magazine.

I guess the saying that time flies when you're having fun is true, because I can't believe it's already been 10 years.Ha...
03/26/2026

I guess the saying that time flies when you're having fun is true, because I can't believe it's already been 10 years.

Happy Anniversary to the human I love more than anything, !! Excited for the next 10!

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Day seven of posting about my photo composition class and my last because it starts tomorrow, March 9th. Not teaching a...
03/08/2026

Day seven of posting about my photo composition class and my last because it starts tomorrow, March 9th. Not teaching again until the fall, so be there or be square. Link in my bio.

Day six of posting about my photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th.These photos at an abortion cl...
03/07/2026

Day six of posting about my photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th.

These photos at an abortion clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina of clinic escorts and defenders, the evangelical anti-abortion group Love Life and anti-abortion activist Flip Benham, the former director of Operation Rescue, are for a deep dive story by in titled 'Inside the Latest, and Scariest, Iteration of America’s Endless Abortion Wars: After Trump’s mass pardons of anti-abortion activists, threats and harassment at clinics have surged.'

Composition is so important to photographing stories like these. My class is a three-week deep dive into composition, with daily feedback and weekly video chats to give you all the tools and tweaks to raise the bar with your photos. Link in my bio for more info and registration information.

Day four of posting about my photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th. These are photos from a rece...
03/06/2026

Day four of posting about my photo composition class until it starts on Monday, March 9th. These are photos from a recent story for titled 'Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners'. I hung out with .r on a Sunday afternoon while she thrifted and jammed out to her iPod Nano. 

Want to know more about my approach to shoots like these? My class does just that with a three-week deep dive into composition, including daily feedback and weekly video chats to give you all the tools and tweaks to raise the bar on your photography. Link in my bio for more info and registration information.

Photos from the final days of North Carolina’s primary election, including coverage of U.S. Reps. Valerie Foushee and Ti...
03/04/2026

Photos from the final days of North Carolina’s primary election, including coverage of U.S. Reps. Valerie Foushee and Tim Moore and U.S. Senate Republican candidate Michael Whatley, for .

Also, this is day two of reminding you that I have a photo composition class starting on Monday, March 9th, over at . Link in my bio.

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