These days, it's hard to find anything funny in politics. With every political question now controversial and fodder for a fight, it can be downright stressful—and things only get worse as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images Nikki Glaser's comments on political jokes sparked discussion after she ...

I memorized those lyrics when I was 11 or 12 years old, by watching “That Was The Week That Was,” the NBC comedy that ran from 1965 through 1967 and made Lehrer famous. I loved the show, not only ...

Jay Leno has said for years that he doesn’t understand why comedians would lean into one-sided political humor – and most recently cautioned against it just days before Stephen Colbert announced his ...