Carol Hills
Nigeria’s New Writers Take Different Path
A new generation of Nigerian writers who are steering away from politics.
Global Political Cartoons: May 28 – June 3, 2011
Suicide bomber belts made of cucumbers; after 16 years, Serbian authorities “find” war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic in his cousin’s house. And in the age of Facebook, a dog ponders what it means to be man’s best friend.
Global Political Cartoons: May 21 – 26, 2011
President Obama’s meeting with Queen Elizabeth goes a lot better than his meeting with Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu. Syrian President Bashar Assad continues to turn Arab Spring into a cold and deadly winter. And a clever response to the failed prediction of the rapture: “Well it’s not the end of the world!”
Global Political Cartoons: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the now former head of the IMF. The charges against him are serious — sexually assaulting a woman who worked as a maid at the New York hotel where he was staying. The visual response by cartoonists around the globe include pigs, King Kong, Tarzan and a man with his pants down.
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Global Political Cartoons: May 7 – 13, 2011
President Obama gets a boost from Osama….his death, anyway. The human rights violations of a (now withdrawn) candidate for the UN Human Rights Commission: Syria. Lady Liberty gets frisked, South Africa’s ongoing toilet wars, and The Donald….Duck
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Airports – Changi, Castellon, Templehof and more
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This week our topic is: drumroll please … airports. Good airports, bad airports, fun airports, airports that are a complete drag, airports that are remarkably small for the area they serve, the airport you never want to descend into again … ever and ghost airports, those big projects that politicians sometimes push with the promise of jobs – and that then just sit there idle. Download MP3 (28:10)
Global Political Cartoons: The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Political cartoonists have used humor and contemplation to comment on the killing of Osama bin Laden. In these cartoons you’ll see everything from baffled Pakistani security officials to long-form death certificates.
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Global Political Cartoons: April 8 – 14, 2011
It’s a week of troubled leaders — some clinging to power, others forced out. One so disgraced he was made to parade around in his undershirt. Also, the burka police in France, and Canada’s cheesed off hockey fans.
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Global Political Cartoons: March 12 – 18, 2011
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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Global Political Cartoons: March 5 – 11, 2011
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan spawn multiple images of a famous Japanese woodblock print. The tangled role of oil in the world’s response to Libya, and the space shuttle Discovery retires into the arms of another beached phenom.
Global Political Cartoons: February 26 – March 4, 2011
Muslim world protests, February 12-18, 2011
In the wake of Egypt’s successful political revolution, pro-democracy protests continue across the Middle East and North Africa. From Bahrain to Libya, citizens are taking to the the streets and using social media to communicate and coordinate.
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Egypt through the eyes of other cartoonists
Cartoonists outside the Middle East are commenting on events in Egypt just as much as those in the region. A few more references to the imagined back and forth between Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama but just as many pyramids, dominoes and pharaohs. Take a look.
Middle Eastern cartoonists on Egypt (updated Feburary 4, 2011)
Political cartoonists across the Middle East are drawing pyramids, camels, chairs, empty chairs, pharaohs, heiroglyphs and contemporary images like smartphones and tweets to comment on the political revolution unfolding in Egypt.
Talking Travel: Aussie floods and your travel plans
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A president toppled and protests in the streets, mudslides rolling down mountains and killing villagers, and flood waters cresting through through the streets of a major city. Not exactly what Tunisia, Brazil and Australia (respectively) want during the height of their tourist season. American Airlines says ‘get lost’ to Orbitz and Expedia, and in the northern hemisphere, it’s still winter. How do you avoid getting stuck at the airport?
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