A Young Actor Refuses to Be Upstaged by Tourette Syndrome
Jamie Sanders is building a career in the theater—while changing how his audiences think about Tourette's.
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Can a Disabled Palestinian American Launch the Next Big Sitcom?
How comedian Maysoon Zayid is planning to reshape television.
Saving Critical Thinking, One Joke at a Time
Humor is no laughing matter when it comes to persuading others.
PS Picks: Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
Liberals Love to Laugh—Conservatives, Not So Much
New research helps explain why the right has yet to produce a Jon Stewart or John Oliver.
The Best Dick Gregory Story
The comedian was able to cross over to white audiences without ever bowing to those audiences.
The Pervasiveness of Profanity
New research tracks the rise in swear words in books over the decades.
Sam Pressler’s Cathartic Comedy
Pressler founded the Armed Services Arts Partnership, a non-profit that provides free arts programming for veterans and their families to express their experiences.
Standing Up for Transgender Acceptance
In their California comedy show, couple Robin Tran and Cate Gary share their complex love story—and normalize comedy about gender transitions in the process.
Smart, Emotionally Stable People Enjoy Morbid Humor
A taste for the grotesque is no reason for embarrassment.