oil shortages

Aug
20
2026
School job applicant
SCHOOL JOB APPLICANT by Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com
A political cartoon depicts a robot marked AI seated across from a school administrator during a job interview. The administrator holds a resume and states the applicant can serve as teacher, bus driver, lunch server and janitor. Text in the upper left identifies the robot as a dream applicant for school shortages. A help wanted banner hangs on the desk. The image comments on ongoing efforts to use artificial intelligence to ease teacher and support staff shortages in schools.
Drought Turns River Trips into Dry Ground Disappointment
DROUGHT TURNS RIVER TRIPS INTO DRY GROUND DISAPPOINTMENT by Arend van Dam, politicalcartoons.com
Persistent drought has left riverbeds cracked and forests withered across affected regions, undermining tourism and outdoor recreation. Families arriving for advertised river trips and forest walks instead encounter dry ground and dead trees. The piece highlights how climate-driven water shortages continue to disrupt normal seasonal activities without immediate policy relief in sight.
Jun
30
2026
Workers vent about crushing workloads as chronic offenders dominate police caseloads
Ingrid Rice, British Columbia, Canada
In a two-panel scene dated July 5 2026, office workers discuss heavy workloads caused by economic conditions, with one claiming to handle the work of three people and another fifty. The exchange shifts when a man on a bench identifies himself as a chronic offender, while a nearby newspaper headline reports British Columbia tracking 420 such individuals responsible for the majority of police files.
Entering A New Year In A Climate Changing World
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Distracted By Cell Phones From the World Around Us
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Oct
29
2025
Government Shutdown Threatens SNAP Benefits as Halloween Arrives
HUNGER IN AMERICA by John Darkow, politicalcartoons.com
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.
Air traffic control staffing
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING by Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com
Flash Droughts, Flash Fires
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Starvation Criticism by Accusing Questioner of Antisemitism
NETANYAHU ACCEPTS NO CRITICISM FOR GAZA STARVATION by Christopher Weyant, politicalcartoons.com
Benjamin Netanyahu, labeled Bibi on his jacket, reacts angrily to a UN worker's plea about starvation in Gaza. The worker points to a Gaza sign and asks Netanyahu to stop shooting at women and children trying to obtain food and water. Netanyahu responds by accusing the questioner of antisemitism. Barbed wire stretches across the background of the scene.
Suing Polluters For Damages To Our Environment
Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com
Times of bad economies
TIMES OF BAD ECONOMIES by Becs, politicalcartoons.com
Less Stuff That Costs More
LESS STUFF THAT COSTS MORE by Ed Wexler, politicalcartoons.com
Mothers Day 2 Flowers Not 30
RJ Matson, Portland, ME
May
8
2025
Inflation is rising
INFLATION IS RISING by Becs, politicalcartoons.com
Air Traffic Control shortages
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SHORTAGES by Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com
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