In Campaign Stop’s Cartoon of the Week, The Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers takes aim at the battle in Congress over gun legislation following the mass shooting in Orlando, and the outsized influence of the NRA. This fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be on Duke’s campus for a political cartoon and satire festival.
“The standard view is that gun regulation is a political issue, not a policy issue – but that’s not entirely right,” says Sanford professor Kristin Goss. “More high-quality research might actually make advocates on both sides of the gun debate happy by helping lawmakers craft approaches that zero in on high-risk people while respecting the majority of gun owners who will never do anyone harm.”
Last week, Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to adopt a tax on carbonated and sugary drinks. Proponents of the tax promoted both its health benefits and its ability to raise money for early education, parks and other civic initiatives. “When history looks back on this, Philadelphia will be seen as what launched a much broader wave of these taxes," says Sanford dean Kelly Brownell.
If UK voters opt to leave the EU, the fundamental cause will be the long-term failure of the British political leadership to make a real case for the U.K.'s EU membership on anything other than instrumental grounds.
In the lead-up to a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus this fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. Today’s work is produced by the Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers, who joined the paper in 1987 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2014.
In the same way that Donald Trump has thus far benefitted from a visceral connection with angry Republican primary voters, the Orlando attacks may provide him with an opening for a similar connection with angry general election voters. That would compound an already horrible tragedy.
“Hillary is incrementally more hawkish than President Obama and other recent Democrats, but it’s a difference of degree rather than of kind,” says foreign policy expert Bruce Jentleson.
“They are not getting instructions, they don't have connectivity with terrorist groups, but they are inspired by them and they decide to engage in violent action on their own,” says security expert David Schanzer in an interview with a German publication.
“Either presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump does not understand how the American judicial system functions, or else he is singling out American judges who are of Mexican heritage or Muslim for scapegoating in the public sphere.”
"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
Gun Control
The political divide in our country over gun laws
In Campaign Stop’s Cartoon of the Week, The Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers takes aim at the battle in Congress over gun legislation following the mass shooting in Orlando, and the outsized influence of the NRA. This fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be on Duke’s campus for a political cartoon and satire festival.
The Charlotte Observer
Gun Control
Can states separate politics from gun policy?
“The standard view is that gun regulation is a political issue, not a policy issue – but that’s not entirely right,” says Sanford professor Kristin Goss. “More high-quality research might actually make advocates on both sides of the gun debate happy by helping lawmakers craft approaches that zero in on high-risk people while respecting the majority of gun owners who will never do anyone harm.”
The Christian Science Monitor
Soda Tax
Philadelphia just became the first big city with a soda tax
Last week, Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to adopt a tax on carbonated and sugary drinks. Proponents of the tax promoted both its health benefits and its ability to raise money for early education, parks and other civic initiatives. “When history looks back on this, Philadelphia will be seen as what launched a much broader wave of these taxes," says Sanford dean Kelly Brownell.
Mother Jones
EU Referendum
Commentary: British EU referendum failure of political leadership
If UK voters opt to leave the EU, the fundamental cause will be the long-term failure of the British political leadership to make a real case for the U.K.'s EU membership on anything other than instrumental grounds.
East Bay Times
Skewering Trump
Political cartoonists at Duke Sept. 21-24
In the lead-up to a political cartoon and satire festival on Duke’s campus this fall, members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have agreed to let Campaign Stop republish their work. Today’s work is produced by the Charlotte Observer’s Kevin Siers, who joined the paper in 1987 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2014.
The Charlotte Observer
ISIS
Taking the blame game too far
In the same way that Donald Trump has thus far benefitted from a visceral connection with angry Republican primary voters, the Orlando attacks may provide him with an opening for a similar connection with angry general election voters. That would compound an already horrible tragedy.
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Clinton and Trump: Foreign-policy odd couple with their parties?
“Hillary is incrementally more hawkish than President Obama and other recent Democrats, but it’s a difference of degree rather than of kind,” says foreign policy expert Bruce Jentleson.
The Christian Science Monitor
Terrorism
Are Islamist ‘lone wolves’ a U.S. phenomenon?
“They are not getting instructions, they don't have connectivity with terrorist groups, but they are inspired by them and they decide to engage in violent action on their own,” says security expert David Schanzer in an interview with a German publication.
Deutsche Welle
Politics and Race
Commentary: A litmus test for Trump’s racism
“Either presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump does not understand how the American judicial system functions, or else he is singling out American judges who are of Mexican heritage or Muslim for scapegoating in the public sphere.”
The Hill
Gun Control
The problem with trying to solve gun violence by going after the mentally ill
"We have a long way to go in terms of developing laws that would have more precise criteria for determining who is at risk for gun violence and who should have their guns removed. It also suggests that we need more than one kind of policy. People always ask me, 'What's the one thing we should do?' It's not a one thing problem."
The Washington Post