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Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. She writes on the intersections between culture, politics, and society. Her latest book is "Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't."

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The headquarters of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, in Hunt Valley, Maryland. (Getty Images)

How Sinclair is taking over local news and pushing the country to the right

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Yolanda Renee King, grand daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Andrew Harnik/Charles Kelly)

We have failed our kids: Is it time for a Young People’s Campaign?

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John Oliver; Donald Trump; Devin Nunes; Stephen Colbert (AP/Getty/Salon)

The science of satire and lies: Watching Colbert can fight right-wing brain rot

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Vector illustration of a ugly internet troll (Getty Images/Ashva73/Salon)

Why Americans are such easy targets for trolls and bots

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The Russia election investigation is important — but it’s not everything

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Jordan Klepper on "The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper" (Getty/Brad Barket)

Satire in the age of Alex Jones: Inside Jordan Klepper’s war on the war on reality

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The death of American diplomacy

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"City of Ghosts" (Amazon Studios)

What you need to know about the “win” against ISIS in Raqqa

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The bitter irony of Donald Trump

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Chuck Schumer; Nancy Pelosi; Hillary Clinton; Bernie Sanders (AP/Getty/Salon)

The DNC’s day of reckoning is here

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Forget the holiday advice: Don’t bother debating with Trump-supporting family members

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Alex Moffat and Alec Baldwin on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Alec Baldwin’s Trump parody book fails for one major reason

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Why do we let schools hurt our kids?

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"Generation Revolution" (Black & Brown Films)

White supremacy’s global boom has anti-racist activists fighting back

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Michael Moore during "The Terms Of My Surrender" (Getty/Mike Coppola)

The real power of Michael Moore: He came to comedy from activism, not the other way around

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College students protesting (Getty/Scott Olson)

College students and the First Amendment: What the right doesn’t want you to know

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"The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper" (Getty/Brad Barket)

How Jordan Klepper will win the Trump Era satire game

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Diana Bang, Seth Rogen, and James Franco in "The Interview" (Columbia Pictures)

4 lessons for Donald Trump about North Korea from “The Interview”

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The great Hillary Clinton paradox

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Hillary Clinton;Bernie Sanders (Getty/Justin Sullivan/AP/John Minchillo)

A tale of two leaders of the left: New books by Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton emphasize their differences

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Enough with the blue-baiting: The biggest threat on campus has nothing to do with free speech

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Stephen Colbert; Jon Stewart; Trevor Noah (Getty/Theo Wargo/Kevin Winter/Brad Barket)

Jon Stewart’s legacy: It’s been 2 years since he left “The Daily Show” but his satire still has bite

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John Oliver; Donald Trump; Stephen Colbert (AP/Charles Sykes/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Theo Wargo)

One more lesson from Charlottesville: Our comedians are more ethical than our president

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