The nation’s best editorial cartoonists respond to this week’s news.
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/18
Every week, I enjoy searching for editorial cartoons responding to the news and sharing them with you on Saturdays. This week, there are some recurring themes plus some new ones. Let me know which ones resonate the most with you… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/11
Every week, I enjoy searching for editorial cartoons responding to the news and sharing them with you on Saturdays. This week, there are some recurring themes plus some new ones. Do let me know which ones resonate the most with… Read More ›
Will Trump’s Rhetoric Suppress African-American Voters?
This November, COVID19 will still be with us which is why nearly every state in the nation is expanding the ability of voters to vote with an absentee or mailed ballot. Yet Trump baselessly proclaims that mailed ballots will lead… Read More ›
Voter Registration is at a Standstill Due to the Coronavirus
62% of eligible citizens who are unregistered to vote say that they have never been asked to register. This is why it is so important to have voter registration drives — to get in front of as many unregistered citizens… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 5/9
Editorial cartoonists appear to be one of the last groups of people who speak out and say exactly what’s happening. They reveal what’s really going on behind all the pomp and circumstance in front of cameras and reporters, and… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 5/2
Editorial cartoonists appear to be one of the last groups of people who speak out and say exactly what’s happening. They reveal what’s really going on behind all the pomp and circumstance in front of cameras and reporters, and entertain… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/25
Who will speak up and say that the emperor has no clothes on? Editorial cartoonists appear to be one of the last groups of people who can say exactly what’s happening. They reveal what’s really going on behind all… Read More ›
How to Get Republicans to Embrace Voting By Mail
We all know that voting by mail is the safest way to vote while in the middle of the pandemic, but in the right wing news media we see Republicans and pundits decrying that it is all a big Democratic… Read More ›
We Need to Talk about the Second Wave
There is a second wave coming, and I don’t think it’s being talked about nearly enough. Not the next BlueWave, which we definitely want, but the second wave of COVID-19. Scientists and health officials have been reviewing information from the… Read More ›
Can Congress Force Trump to Pay the WHO?
It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it is deadly serious. Last week, Trump declared that he was going to pull funding from the WHO, the World Health Organization. The WHO is an agency of the United Nations,… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/11
Editorial cartoonists don’t just capture the news, they express an opinion about what’s happening. These are the cartoons that really stood out to me this week. Let me know which ones grab you the most! Failed Leadership By… Read More ›
How to Vote By Mail in Every Single State
Disclaimer: This post was written in early 2020 when many states made modifications in their absentee/vote-by-mail rules so voters could more safely vote during the pandemic. Many of the links in this post have likely expired. To find the most… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 4/4: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Editorial cartoonists see and hear what we do, but then they find a way to pack a punch in their drawings. This week we saw true leadership, a total lack of leadership on multiple fronts, and some really grim… Read More ›
How Americans’ Feelings About the Pandemic are Evolving
Facing a crisis usually brings the nation together. I recall in the days and weeks after 9/11, no one belonged to this party or that party — no, we were all just Americans. We identified as such as we all… Read More ›
11 Ways to Become More Resilient
Living with the constant barrage of news about the growing pandemic is really stressful. It’s impossible to ignore the news as it has changed so many aspects of our lives. Kids are home from school. Millions are now unemployed. Normal… Read More ›