Following weeks of complaints from students and faculty intervention, the Gorilla Gazette — Mather House’s satire newspaper — has promised to scale back lewd and personal jokes, according to the ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Christine Wenc, author of the new book Funny Because It's True: How the Onion Created Modern News Satire. Here's some headlines for you. "Kitten Thinks Of Nothing But ...

Mark Zuckerberg revealed that officials from the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor some COVID-19 communication, including humor and satire. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images It’s ...

Cover of The Man in the Van by Jeff Novotny. This darkly satirical book explores societal norms with sharp wit, absurdity, and a unique critique of modern social conventions. Jeff Novotny’s The Man in ...

The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...

With the power of his razor-sharp humor, pioneering political satirist Bassem Youssef left audiences reeling with the effect ...

Weaving absurdism and romance, “Atropia” interrogates the Western perspective of the Middle East. Directed by Hailey Gates, the war satire film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The story ...

In a country where telling the truth can get you deported, comedy remains one of the few safe spaces to say something our government hates, like, "Donald Trump has little felon hands." We think only ...