As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and co-founder of Air AmericaRadio, Lizz Winstead has helped changed ...

June 24, 2022, was a dark moment in American history: Millions of women lost the right to a legal abortion when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Bans were triggered in Alabama and Texas, and ...

Madeleine Smithberg and Lizz Winstead, creators of The Daily Show, celebrate the show's 25th year with an anniversary episode on the 19 th of July. During her time as the executive producer of the ...

Comedy Central was in a tight spot. With Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect moving to ABC, the fledgling network was in desperate need of a talk-show replacement. And so, on July 22, 1996, The Daily ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But ...

Abortion Access Front has announced "Vote. No Joke," a 12-hour virtual Election Day comedy marathon to help entertain voters as they wait out the long lines at the polls. From 12 p.m ET to 12 a.m. ET ...

Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead told SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah that she was “breaking news” about her former show shunning her after she quit over sexual harassment and “predatory behavior.” The ...

For abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But her path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and eventually as the ...