poverty and hunger
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.
Jun
28
2018
Dec
17
2017
