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I will begin collecting political cartoons that focus on the historical significance of the Obama Presidency, both in the substance of its work and the reality of its very being.
Enjoy these beginning few.
By Steve Kelly
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By Jack Ohman
By Don Wright
by Dan Wasserman
By Nick Anderson
By Steve Benson
By David Horsey
By Stuart Carlson
By Pat Oliphant
By Mike Luckovich

Alice Walker writes a beautiful piece on The Root about expectations and the new reality the Obama Presidency bears:
Dear Brother Obama,
You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Us being the black people of the Southern United States. You think you know, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied [...]

The American democratic experiment continues to grow and change with the world around us, yet we are faced with some growing disparities on the trouble some groups face when asked to cast their ballot. Poor, uneducated, minority voters have the greatest trouble, waiting in line for hours to cast a ballot and being the subject [...]

Barack Obama’s victory last night sent waves of remarkable excitement through wide swaths of the American public last night. The untold story, however, comes from Kenya. The affect of this election on Kenya, and the rest of the world, shows that our world has become connected in an enormous way. Here are some reports I [...]

Having won Ohio and vanquished any reality electorally for John McCain The Thinking Press is happy to project Barack Obama as the President elect of the United States of America. Ohio, along with Pennsylvania, represented two states necessary to the hopes of John McCain in his pursuit of the White House, having lost both we [...]