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Camilo José Vergara Documents Camden New Jersey’s Crumbling Economics

Camilo José Vergara’s 40-year project, “Tracking Time,” chronicles urban transformation in some of the poorest and most segregated communities in the Northeastern United States. In Camden, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities he regularly visits during his documentation, he captures what he calls “Paired Houses”: two dwellings that share a wall, one of them occupied, the other empty. Because each dwelling is part of the same building, Vergara is able to capture the stark contrast between deteriorated and maintained habitats, reflecting the declining state of Camden’s housing market. For some of the photographs, Vergara returns to a building he’s previously documented in order to chronicle the absence of formerly dilapidated buildings.

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Kennedy White House Alternatives to Your Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes

A Guest Blog by Stacey Chandler, Reference Archivist at the JFK Library

Looking for some last-minute recipes to add some historical flair to your Thanksgiving menu? Take a look at the recipes we found in our archives! They all came from the personal papers of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and were sent to people who wrote to Mrs. Kennedy asking for recipes from her own kitchen.

We have quite a few soup recipes in the archives, including Iced Tomato Soup and Oyster Soup. But we know from President Kennedy’s mother that he was partial to chowder, so we’re showcasing the recipe for New England Fish Chowder. Our records show that fish chowder was served at small parties for family and friends in the White House.

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For second courses and side dishes, we found a few tried-and-true White House favorites. Potatoes Suzette was cooked up for President Kennedy’s lunch with the Prime Minister of Canada at the White House, February 20, 1961.

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Versions of this Belgian endives dish made appearances on White House menus for everything from small luncheons to the famous dinner for Nobel Prize Winners, April 29, 1962.

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Lastly, from the “Desserts” folder from Mrs. Kennedy’s papers: a few alternatives to pumpkin pie, including this recipe for Souffle Froid au Chocolat, which appeared at a small dinner hosted by President and Mrs. Kennedy on October 22, 1962.  

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 The Gateau Saint-Honore cake was a White House favorite, served at luncheons, dinners, and even a state dinner in honor of the President of Peru on November 19, 1961.

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We hope you enjoy these recipes from our archives, and have a happy and delicious Thanksgiving!

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Footage of the 1950 eruption of Mauna Loa, with a major basaltic lava flow and lava fountains in the background.

this is your periodic reminder that social issues are horribly complex, nuanced, and interrelated. if you hear someone propose a solution or action or way to move forward that includes the word “just,” it is likely an inadequate and insufficient solution. some things i have heard proposed:

we just need to focus on gun control

we just need to focus on homophobia

we just need to put more scrutiny on men who abuse their female partners

we just need to ban islam/deport muslims

we just need more good guys carrying guns

we just need to focus on toxic masculinity

i feel confident that none of those actions, taken alone, would completely prevent mass shootings like the one that happened this weekend. so when you hear people say “this isn’t about homophobia, it’s about guns” or “this isn’t about guns, it’s about islamic terrorism,” you can say, “it’s actually about all of those things, all of those things at once, and probably some more things, also.” 

i am very thankful that so many people are trying to understand what happened and figure out how to make sure it never happens again. (less happy about the NRA/trump talking points being wheeled out, obviously.) and i hope that people keep pushing on all these levers, tugging on all these strings, in hopes that all of our collective work will be enough to dismantle whatever structures or pressures permit or facilitate these things in happening.

Photography Through Empathy: An Interview with Brittani Sensabaugh

Most artists are known to be empathetic, capable of feeling everything, both good and bad, in their surroundings. Some see it as a curse driving them to madness. Brittani Sensabaugh chooses to see it as a gift.

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Yea, that phase in life really sucks.

Selfies from the Flight Deck with @pilotmaria

For more fun from the cockpit, follow @pilotmaria on Instagram.

“#MyStory is about strong females in a male-dominated environment — proving that we are just as good as them, believing in ourselves and keeping a positive attitude towards life.” —international airline pilot Maria Pettersson (@pilotmaria)

“I never thought becoming a pilot was an option for me, because of the high costs and the fact that most pilots were men. I worked hard to save for flight training and studied even harder. The toughest challenge has been to get that first flying job. There were many unemployed pilots fighting for the same job. It took me years. I’m very lucky to be where I am today, flying a young fleet of Boeing 737s around Europe.

“With my selfies I try to catch the moment and the mood I am in. The smiles you see are real and represent the feeling I am having right there. My best advice for taking a top-notch selfie would be: dare to be silly, embarrass yourself and smile — smile with the whole world.”