2008
Oct
22
2009
On October 22, 2009, Bob Englehart's cartoon shows a suburban couple on their front porch at night. Three tombstones labeled MY JOB, MY HOUSE and MY CAR stand in the yard next to jack-o'-lanterns. The woman tells her husband to take the decorations down because they are too scary. The image captures public anxiety over widespread job losses, foreclosures and repossessions during the Great Recession.
Jan
20
2009
Margulies links Obama 2009 inauguration to the Emancipation Proclamation with YES WE CAN on the historic document. A straight line from Lincoln 1863 proclamation to the first Black president shows the 143-year arc toward fulfillment after Juneteenth 1865.
