People look to the Civil War for a precedent to the current state of polarization. But look no further than the 1960s, when America was riven over Vietnam, counterculture and the student movement.

News4JAX Political Analyst Rick Mullaney said mentions of America’s Civil War will not end. “Race is still an enormously important issue in this country,” he said.

“Cartoons as Political Speech” features a case of cartoons from London lampooning figures like Prime Minister George Grenville, who ushered in the Stamp Act, and Lord North, prime minister during the ...