A Boston Globe cartoon shows a reporter in press armor broadcasting live from a Market Basket store. Speech bubbles frame the supermarket scene as an unresolved war with no cease-fire in sight. The image responds to ongoing tensions over ownership, supply chains, and rising prices at the New England chain during August 2025.
On June 29 2025 Gary McCoy depicts Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington gathered around a table. Franklin holds the Declaration and proposes altering the pursuit of happiness line to reference big ol awesome fireworks. Jefferson and Washington agree the change means the same thing and cheer the idea. The scene plays on July Fourth themes near the holiday.
On May 12 2025 the cartoon depicts Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sawing through logs marked as tariffs. Large clubs also labeled tariffs arc through the air above them. The scene responds to ongoing US China tariff negotiations and trade friction active in early 2025.
A new editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay shows Donald Trump as a toddler in a high chair demanding Canada while throwing a tantrum in the Oval Office. Uncle Sam stands nearby attempting to calm the situation as orange splatters cover the room and a desk labeled tariffs sits in disarray. Scattered objects include a diplomacy bowl, a truth bowl, a DEI scroll and a decency item on the floor. The image responds to recent tariff announcements affecting US Canada trade relations in early 2025.
