It’s hard to imagine that there would have been snarky jokes and memes during the assassinations of John F. Kennedy or his brother Robert. Making light of the tragic event in Pennsylvania over the ...

Alexander Rose, a senior correspondent for Canada’s National Post, takes a scholarly look at political humor over the ages. From rural Chinese peasants lampooning village leaders to scatological ...

CBS grants Stephen Colbert one more season as late-night comedy ratings sink amid political bias, with broadcast networks ...

This post is written by Apoorva Thakur, junior research assistant at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala, Mumbai, India. Humor, specifically political humor, serves a purpose. It can be a ...

Political humor can amuse, provoke or even spark outrage, as seen in Jimmy Kimmel’s recent suspension. CU Boulder Today spoke with Peter McGraw, director of the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) and a ...

A sweeping new law on online speech threatens the political humor that has helped the island nation get through tough stretches. By Pamodi Waravita and Mujib Mashal Reporting from Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...

Will Ferrell, who made his name on "Saturday Night Live" with his dead-on impersonation of President Bush, has dusted off his caricature for the Web, in the name of political advocacy. An online video ...

Shippensburg University political scientist Dagnes (Politics on Demand) interviewed a range of jokesters, from stand-up-comedian Lewis Black to writers for Saturday Night Live and The Daily Show, for ...

It’s always tough getting people interested in party politics in Brazil, a nation where ideology is non-existent, political parties stand for little more than organized power grabs, and where, ...