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Terms like ‘affordability,’ ‘socialism’ and ‘famine’ take on new, politically convenient meanings.

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The reportedly slain Hollywood giant's reaction to the Christian activist's killing a few months back recirculated on social ...

Political conversations often feel doomed—but new research suggests the problem isn’t disagreement. It’s what we wrongly ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

Stan Van Gundy on wants a new nickname for Victor Wembanyama, not ‘The Alien’: “The only thing is, in the current political ...

It’s free inquiry that makes better universities, not compelled belief or speech, both of which we are taking a stand on in ...

Hollywood and the world of politics was in complete shock at the devastating news that filmmaker and activist Rob Reiner and ...

Google Books Ngram, an online tool that tracks the historical frequency of word usage in print, showsremigration peaking in ...