Anakin Skywalker has become an unlikely symbol of Gen Z and right-wing frustration, with politically charged Star Wars prequel memes taking over Twitter / X. Here's why young men are identifying with ...

With Democrats poised to make significant gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Trump supporters have been reduced to posting bizarre Star Wars fan fiction.

“We’re storming the Capitol! It’s a revolution!” a woman who identified herself only as Elizabeth from Knoxville, Tennessee, told a reporter outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. She had a blue ...

Excerpted from “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America” by Joan Donovan, research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and ...

When the history of 21st-century politics is written, we’ll have to admit that one side understood the internet — and the other never really did. In the Trump era, politics is less a contest of ideas ...

"Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga" is here, and it is awesome. Two years of being delayed didn't dampen the game much, and so many people are just loving this bricky iteration of the galaxy far, far ...

Internet memes seem harmless enough. A few pictures of cats with some grammatically incorrect text—what could go wrong? Well, memes have come a long way since the early days of the internet. For more ...

The internet has redefined American politics in many ways. Among the most significant is the increasing use of memes by politicians and extremist groups. Once dismissed as an online joke, memes have ...