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cartoon of ISIS militants putting up Marine LePen poster
Culture
French election anxiety is perhaps best expressed in cartoons
The front page of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, entitled "C'est Reparti" ("Here we go again") is displayed at a kiosk in Nice on February 25, 2015.
Media
‘Charlie Hebdo has always been an anti-racist magazine,’ its editor says
What's Up Africa creator and host Ikenna Azuike playing three of his video personas. From left to right: the African strongman dictator, the ugly American in Africa, the Nigerian pastor preaching prosperity.
Media
Ikenna Azuike skewers Africa’s corrupt rulers and seemingly unfunny problems
A carnival float by artist Jacques Tilly with a papier-mache caricature drives past revelers during the traditional 'Rose Monday' parade on Carnival in the western German city of Duesseldorf. "You can't kill satire," the sign reads.
Culture
German satire takes aim at Islamic extremism, despite fears
Jon Stewart interviews President Barack Obama in 2012.
Media
Missing Jon Stewart already: ‘This guy ought to be on Mount Rushmore’
Pope Francis holds up a plaque with an image of Saint Theresa during a meeting with journalists on his flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Manila in the Philippines on January 15, 2014.
Belief
Pope Francis says religious freedom trumps the right to free speech
Armandine Marbach takes part in a demonstration on January 7, 2014, supporting the French publication Charlie Hebdo
Conflict
We’re not all Charlie
In Brussels, a woman holds a copy of Charlie Hebdo to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting at the offices of the weekly satirical magazine in Paris on January 7, 2015.
Conflict
France reels after the Charlie Hebdo attack kills 12
A man holds a placard which reads "I am Charlie" to pay tribute during a gathering at the Place de la Republique in Paris on the night of January 7, 2015, following a shooting by gunmen at the offices of the magazine.
Cartoonists speak out after slayings of colleagues in Paris
Marco Werman reads an issue of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo he bought during a trip to France in 2011.
Conflict
Marco Werman on why Charlie Hebdo matters
Comedian Stephen Colbert arrives to be honored at the Time 100 Gala in New York, on April 24, 2012.
Global Politics
The end of Colbert stings even more as the ‘The Interview’ gets canceled
Jon Stewart
Culture
With a film under his belt, Jon Stewart considers his future and admits The Daily Show is ‘not forever’
Dick DeBartolo
Culture
After 45 years, Mad Magazine’s Dick DeBartolo still delights in creating comic lunacy
A Palestinian woman waves a white flag of surrender after an Israeli shelling in Gaza.
Conflict & Justice
Is there anything funny about the war in Gaza? It’s complicated
Arts, Culture & Media
It’s The Onion for Muslim Americans — and they call it The Hummus
Eric Jarosinski, the University of Pennsylvania professor behind Nein Quarterly
Arts, Culture & Media
Germans on Twitter say ‘ja!’ to Nein Quarterly
Global Scan
Netanyahu tweets his way into trouble, again (which is where you’ll be, if you don’t get back to work)
Global Politics
Serbian group takes cues from The Onion
China’s creative set using humor in subtle challenge to authoritarian rule
Global Politics
Impressions from the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’
Arts, Culture & Media
John Hodgman and the Media Geeks
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The One Percent’
Arts, Culture & Media
Ben Karlin on ‘Fair Game’
Global Satire
Cartoon Slideshow: Satirists Welcome the New Pope
Arts, Culture & Media
British Illustrator Recreates 1960s Feel for ‘Mad Men’ Poster
Arts, Culture & Media
Satirical Serbs Go Global
The Onion: From Fake Sexiest Man Alive to Real News
Arts, Culture & Media
South African Political Cartoonist Fired for Being Political
Global Satire
Cartoon Slideshow: Is Freedom of Speech the Freedom to Provoke?
Global Politics
Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef Meets His Hero On The Daily Show
Arts, Culture & Media
Cartoon Slideshow: A Painting Causes an Uproar in South Africa
Arts, Culture & Media
The Mad Women of Madison Avenue
Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Man Trevor Potter
Global Satire
Zapiro’s Take on Sacked ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema
Global Politics
A Dish Called Koshary
Conflict & Justice
Syrians Who Fight Back With Satire
Sports
Why Australians Are Obsessed with Sports
Global Politics
Egypt’s “Daily Show”
Judgement Day
Fruitcake Follies
Music Commentary
Judgement Day
Arts, Culture & Media
Everything’s Better in 3-D
Global Politics
Style and the Mad Man
Style and the Mad Man
Arts, Culture & Media
Everything’s Better in 3-D
Arts, Culture & Media
Voices from the rally to restore sanity and/or fear
Arts, Culture & Media
Recapping political absurdity from mid-term election season
Lifestyle & Belief
Pakistan bans Facebook, YouTube for blasphemy
Global Politics
In Afghanistan, ‘Daily Show’-style TV Commentary
Arts, Culture & Media
Mad About ‘Mad Men’
Arts, Culture & Media
A contest to best the worst book opener (‘It was a dark and stormy night…’)
Global Politics
Egypt’s Ali G.
Arts, Culture & Media
Ben Karlin
Fair Game – Episode 20071030 – Segment 2
Fair Game Episode 2007-09-20 Segment 3