The Australian Press Council has rejected a complaint about a “deeply offensive” cartoon about the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Nast's groundbreaking cartoons, such as his iconic depiction of a black family facing a Klansman, used symbols like the ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of historical events and the work ...

In 1828, during his presidential campaign, Democratic leader Andrew Jackson's opponents referred to him as a 'jackass,' which ...

But how did these symbols come to represent the two major political parties, and why have they endured despite their ...

German-born American political cartoonist Thomas Nast popularised the illustrations of donkeys and elephants, representing ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of political satire and popular ...

The elephant and donkey were meant to be satirical depictions, popularised by an American political cartoonist.