Jen Sorensen
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Get-Well Gifts For the Un-Vaccinated
Get-Well Gifts For the Un-Vaccinated Overwhelming evidence disproves any connection between Vaccines and Autism, yet many people still refuse to vaccinate their kids. As outbreaks become move common, we’ll need more of these: Posted Today The Nib is going independent! Become a member today to support us publishing great comics. → Read More
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen is a nationally-published political cartoonist whose work has appeared in The Progressive, The Nation, Daily Kos, Austin Chronicle, NPR, Ms., Politico, and many other publications. The recipient of the 2014 Herblock Prize and a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, she also edits comics for Fusion. → Read More
Comic: What if We Talked About White Poverty the Way We Talk About Black Poverty?
Everyone suffering from economic hardship deserves a hand. But it seems some get less sympathy than others. → Read More
Comic: Every political argument these days goes something like this
Seems like a lot of otherwise clear-thinking people are falling for the Fox News claptrap about liberals not being “open-minded” enough. This is how you wind up with another white conservative dude being chosen as a diversity hire for the extremely not-diverse NYT op-ed page. Yes, we live in politically-polarized times, and everyone is angry, and sometimes protesters go overboard (neo-Nazis do… → Read More
Comic: 10 of 12 New York Times Columnists are Dudes. And the New Hire is...
Jen Sorensen is an award-winning political cartoonist and comics editor for Fusion. A fan of visual storytelling about the world we live in, she's based in Austin, TX. → Read More
Comic: Why Trump's Concern for Syrian Children is Pure Hypocrisy
Jen Sorensen is an award-winning political cartoonist and comics editor for Fusion. A fan of visual storytelling about the world we live in, she's based in Austin, TX. → Read More
Comic: Neil Gorsuch Is a Meteor Headed Straight for You
Many people are giving Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch a pass because he appears “cordial” and “professional” (unlike, say, some other members of the Trump administration). Setting aside the fact that Obama’s pick was egregiously bogarted, the ascension of Gorsuch to the court will have devastating consequences for generations. Gorsuch is considered to be to the right of Alito and the late… → Read More
Comic: One Weird Trick for Dealing with Government Bashers
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Cartoon: If you liked Trumpcare, you’ll love these other exciting new programs
Only losers would hate these beautiful replacements for all the programs being cut by the GOP. → Read More
Cartoon: How Trumpcare will totally make people healthy
Report: Bobbi Kristina Brown Allegedly Used Heroin, Other Drugs Before She Was Found in Bathtub → Read More
Cartoon: Moment of reckoning at the DNC
Almost two years ago, I wrote about my hopes for a challenger to Hillary in the Democratic primary. Like many, I’d been frustrated by what I saw as a lack of consistency and commitment to ... → Read More
Cartoon: Trumping our safety
I’m in Philly for the DNC, so I’ll have to keep this brief. I’m feeling increasingly frustrated by the skewed sense of perspective many Americans seem to have about the dangers we face. Not ... → Read More
Advice to Hillary Clinton from 8 women cartoonists
With the Democratic National Convention kicking off this week, we asked several talented cartoonists to draw what they'd say to Hillary if they could. → Read More
Cartoon: Ghost bluster
The backlash goes all the way to the top: even Donald Trump has weighed in with exactly the sentiments you would imagine. Like the director and cast members , I can’t believe we’re even still ... → Read More
Cartoon: United in sorrow
The actual Obama quote, which can be found deep in this article, was: “The demented individual who carried out those attacks in Dallas, he’s no more representative of African Americans than ... → Read More
Cartoon: Beware the Xeno virus!
I realize that technically this should be the Xenophobia virus, but had to shorten it to Xeno for the joke to work. After writing this strip, I googled “Xeno virus” and found that it is a song ... → Read More
Cartoon: George Will's bowtie rebellion
Conservative commentator George Will made news over the weekend with his announcement that he was leaving the Republican party over Donald Trump. The last straw, it seems, was Trump’s statement ... → Read More
Cartoon: Punditspew, Orlando edition
One of my least favorite parts of being a political cartoonist is having to process these mind-boggling tragedies on a short deadline. It was absolutely clear from the beginning, however, that easy ... → Read More
Cartoon: Radical cleric vs. Trump
Given Trump’s penchant for threatening the press, encouraging violence among his followers, and directing hate towards minority groups, he sometimes seems like a mirror image of the very ... → Read More
Cartoon: Canned patriotism
Budweiser has been roundly mocked for this marketing campaign, thus demonstrating that it is possible to lay it on too thick. I keep having flashbacks to the jingoistic days of 2003, when cars were ... → Read More