Author Charles Fleming said he learned about racist stereotypes as a child listening to shoolyard jokes. Above, the playground at Berendo Middle School in Los Angeles' Pico-Union neighborhood. (Los ...

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Let’s face it: Misinformation’s gotten boring. Fox News has said the same stale bits since 2016, and MSNBC… well, no one watches MSNBC, anyway. My friends, the media landscape has become depressing ...

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Throughout the day, New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff jots down ideas that strike him as funny: A door lies on a couch in a psychiatrist's office, and the psychiatrist says, "You're not crazy, you ...

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THE LITERARY LIFE AND THE HELL WITH IT— Whit Burnett—Harper ($2.50). One of the few Americans who is an editor, a humorist and a man with a beard is Whit Burnett, co-editor (with his wife, Martha ...

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After 20 years as the magazine's cartoon gatekeeper, Bob Mankoff is stepping down. He says humor helps us cope with hardship, get along with one... Outgoing 'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor Says 'Being ...

Throughout the day, New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff jots down ideas that strike him as funny: A door lies on a couch in a psychiatrist's office, and the psychiatrist says, "You're not crazy, you ...