Editorial and political cartoonists are the canaries in the mine of democracies. An award-winning, experienced, respected, and ultra-talented cartoonist like Ann Telnaes is censored at the Washington Post due to political pressure. She resigned. “Democracy dies in darkness” and the WaPo just dimmed the lights down in a big way. An absolute shame.
Let's make sure the said cartoon (attached) circulates as widely as possible!

Read Ann at:
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
#journalism #democracy #USpolitics