hunger in america
Oct
29
2025
The cartoon depicts an elderly woman on a porch offering SNAP benefits from a red bowl to three children in Halloween costumes whose buckets are nearly empty. It responds to the ongoing government shutdown that has delayed or reduced food stamp distributions. The visual uses the trick-or-treat tradition to illustrate how families dependent on federal aid face immediate hardship when benefits are interrupted. The publication date of October 29 2025 places the work amid active budget negotiations in Washington. The artist underscores the real-world stakes for recipients who turn to food banks when EBT cards fail to deliver expected support.
Aug
2
2024
A suited figure adjusts glasses fitted with two Star of David lenses, one blue and one red. The image responds to ongoing U.S. debate over Israel policy in summer 2024.
Sep
29
2021
Dec
1
2020
The cartoon depicts the U.S. Capitol building labeled Congress with a Scrooge-like figure leaning from a window. He instructs a boy resembling Tiny Tim, who carries a sack marked Hunger in America, to buy a large turkey. The scene draws from A Christmas Carol to comment on congressional handling of hunger and poverty. It was published in December 2020 during heightened food insecurity linked to pandemic-related unemployment. The visual argument suggests lawmakers remain detached from the needs of struggling Americans despite available resources.
Nov
12
2019
The cartoon depicts three adjacent aid facilities labeled Food Bank, Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen. Each displays a worker holding a sign requesting food donations, cash donations or volunteers. A banner above reads Holiday Hunger Pains. The drawing addresses recurring seasonal shortfalls in charitable support for hunger relief programs during the holiday period. Food banks and similar organizations typically see increased demand around Thanksgiving and Christmas while facing challenges in securing adequate supplies and staffing from the public.
May
1
2019
Arend van Dam's cartoon shows Maduro and military riding a starving 'Venezuela' figure on all fours, leash in hand, highlighting oppression and hunger in South America amid opposition from Guaidó and Lopez.
