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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/30
The Cartoons
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It’s About Time for Some Good News!
Perhaps it is just that I am feeling positive these days, but there’s been a lot of good news these past couple of weeks. Need a political pick-me-up? Read on! Voter registrations spiked the week of the Roe v Wade… Read More ›
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Republican Dirty Tricks on the Primary Ballot
Republicans have made it abundantly clear that they want to take away women’s rights to healthcare, particularly abortion access. The lengths they are going to in Kansas is, well, just keep reading. Back in 2019, Kansas’ state Supreme Court delivered… Read More ›
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I’m Back
As you may have noticed, I’ve been taking a bit of a break from Political Charge this summer. I’ve still been very active on Twitter, TikTok, & Instagram, which I run with the same goal I have for this blog — that… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/23
The Cartoons
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/16
January 6th Committee Fallout from Dobbs And Other News
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The Week’s Best Cartoons
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/2
SCOTUS Jan. 6 Hearings And Other News
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The Week’s Best Cartoons: SCOTUS Overturns Roe
I feel like we’ve all been waiting for this axe to fall for weeks. And today, it did. Here’s how editorial cartoonists covered Roe v Wade being overturned.
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How to Commemorate Juneteenth
I should clarify — This post is specifically about how white people should commemorate Juneteenth. And to further clarify — This is just an opportunity to share how I’m planning to commemorate the holiday in the hopes that other folks… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 6/18
January 6th Hearings And Other News
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Primary Election Calendar for Summer 2022
What better way to protect our democracy than to encourage folks to participate in it? (Well, that and expanding voting rights, of course.) One of the ways we can do that is by sharing the information about elections that are… Read More ›
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We Need to Talk About Defeatism
Are there days that you feel like no meaningful change or accountability will happen in politics? While those are perfectly understandable reactions to have considering the news, I want to invite you to think about what effect spreading that feeling… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 6/11
Here’s how editorial cartoonists covered the start of the January 6th Committee hearings. The Hearings Begin And Other News
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 6/4
The same gun debate rages on and on, yet editorial cartoonists find new angles to cover it. I remain, as always, in awe of their talent. The Gun Debate And Other News
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The Week’s Best Cartoons: Tragedy in Uvalde
Editorial cartoons are very specific — they respond and react to current events. But what struck me this week as I watched cartoonists share their work on Twitter, was that it was sometimes hard to distinguish which cartoons were drawn… Read More ›
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This Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks
I saw a video last week that hit me like a ton of bricks. Here we were, just days after the Buffalo massacre, where a white supremacist deliberately sought out a Black neighborhood to terrorize, and yet again we were… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 5/21
The Cartoons
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Did You See These Good News Items This Week?
Every week there are good news stories that fly under the radar. I do what I can to bring them back up to the light! Here are the ones that I wanted to make sure you saw! Madison Cawthorn lost… Read More ›
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What To Do When Your Heart Hurts
My heart hurts. How is yours doing? This last week felt so heavy to me. The U.S. hit the staggeringly awful milestone of 1 million deaths due to COVID. Everyone I know is angry about Republicans going after our hard-earned… Read More ›