Daniella Zalcman

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Hau Chu |Valerie Plesch |Daniella Zalcman

Tâm Vũ, Valerie Plesch and Daniella ZalcmanApril 29, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDTJust nowHalf a century after the end of the Vietnam War, many of the survivors are still wrestling with what it all meant. Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people settled in the United States in the years after the war’s end on April 30, 1975. For many of them, the anniversary marks a complex turning point: the reluctant end of their lives in Vietnam and the hope of brighter days in America.

Nov 4, 2024 | cjr.org | Daniella Zalcman

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. This past July, when a gunman attempted to fire eight rounds at Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, a singular image emerged in the aftermath: the presumptive Republican candidate surrounded by Secret Service agents, his fist in the air. Depending on the frame, Trump’s expression was either defiant or victorious.