Zina Saunders

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Zina Saunders is an award-winning illustrator whose work appears in national magazines and newspapers and whose political satires have amused or outraged her audience, depending on which side of the aisle they sit.

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WATCH: What the One Percent Thinks About OWS [Saunders Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Oct. 18, 2011 10:31 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, we find out what the one percent think America should do to fix the economic inequalities fueling the Occupy Wall Street protests. "Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps—unless you can afford to have a politician do it for you," advises one of Wall Street's fat cats nestled inside the Chamber of Commerce. As always, that's Zina Saunders doing her own voice work. Plus: Find more of Mother Jones' #OWS coverage here.

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WATCH: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Richest of Them All? (Saunders Cartoon)

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Oct. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Charles Koch is the magic man in the mirror, exhorting a poor schnook to protect the rights of his future billionaire self by voting against raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. As Koch says, "Your present self may suffer, but your future self will thank you for your forethought!" As always, that's Zina Saunders doing her own voice work. Plus: eleven charts that show how the superrich spoil it for the rest of us.

WATCH: Archbishop Timothy Dolan's Anti-Gay Sermon (Saunders Cartoon)

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Oct. 4, 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, the nation's most powerful Catholic bishop, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, sends Obama a stern message in opposition to gay marriage. This comes on the heels of a letter from the bishop that threatens "a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions" if the administration takes steps to repeal DOMA. As always, that's Zina Saunders doing her own voice work.

WATCH: Zina Saunders Previews the Fox News/Google GOP Debate (Cartoon)

—By Zina Saunders

| Wed Sep. 21, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann shape their campaign strategies before your very eyes at the next GOP debate. See Mother Jones' team coverage of the last debate and check back on Thursday night for the fallout from the Fox News/Google GOP debate. The voices are by Zina Saunders and Barry Schiffman.

WATCH: Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Republican Robots [Saunders Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Sep. 13, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Karl Rove and Charles Koch play with their very own Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Republican Robot candidates, sponsored by secret campaign contributions and billionaires! As always, that's Saunders doing the voices. Sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org.

As if being used for potato chips and Hooters wasn't enough, the American Silencer Association is using an owl logo to promote silencers.

Mon Jan. 7, 2013 3:27 PM PST

When too much isn't even close to enough, how about a Grover Norquist finger puppet, or a gold-plated transvaginal ultrasound wand?

Mon Dec. 10, 2012 3:15 PM PST

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