In American politics, symbols have tremendous power to evoke deep emotions, communicate shared values and rally people around a unifying vision. Given that reality, it’s all the more perplexing how ...

In a political cartoon from 1874 called 'Third Term Panic', Nast is credited with portraying the elephant as a symbol of the Republican Party. The New York Herald, which backed Democratic ...

Given that reality, it’s all the more perplexing how long Democrats have managed to survive without one. For decades, ...

Kat Eschner, a culture journalist, wrote in 2017 for The Smithsonian magazine: "Nast was also a loyal Republican, which is perhaps why the Democrats got saddled with a jackass as a popular symbol ...