"Politics, campaigns, government, and elections are usually contentious and frustrating topics," Maggie Yates opined in April in the Santa Barbara Independent. "Rarely do they feel like good, clean ...

Comedy and music have long served as powerful mediums for addressing societal issues. Throughout history, these art forms have been used to critique and expose the flaws in political systems. Greek ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When Donald Trump seemed poised to win the presidential election in 2016, Trevor Noah, then the host of The Daily Show, began the program’s live night-of special ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

When the premier live political sketch comedy troupe The Capitol Steps ended in 2021 after 39 years of touring and recording, several members of the troupe elected to keep going under a different name ...

The recent appearance of the adjective “weird” in the Harris-Walz campaign to describe their opposition seems to have struck a chord with many Democrats. While some commentators fear the word diverts ...

On one hand, of course Donald Trump’s campaign can feature anyone they’d like at their own rally. On the other hand, if that person tells jokes that target minority groups in disparaging ways — ...

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Think about the political comedians performing today. Of those, how many are conservative? Not many, right? Alison Dagnes, a political scientist, media maven and self-described “comedy dork,” has ...

Comedian Kevin James said on Tuesday he won't include politics in his latest stand-up special "Irregardless." "Very early on when I started doing stand-up, I knew that if I was going to get a spot on ...