The new obstructionist approach doesn’t say global warming isn’t happening. Instead, it argues we don’t need to phase out oil and gas.

The former president has taken issue with languages.

COP28 embraced linguistic ambiguity for the purpose of petrostate propaganda. But climate advocates can also use that to their advantage.

Call it Style Guide Liberalism: a well-intentioned fixation on inclusive jargon that ultimately alienates many Americans—and not just those on the right.

The Capitol riot showed that our political system is just as frail and corruptible as any other.

How a group of Manhattan liberals used the language of “community” to evict people living in temporary housing from their neighborhood.

The “war on coronavirus” is lost. It's time for new pandemic metaphors—and a radically new culture of care.

Cops and media elites have long enforced a demand for peaceful protest, without any regard for what those words mean.

“When I arrived at the airport, I felt that hardness just ripped off. But that stayed for only two weeks. Then the coronavirus came."

For younger voters, his assumption that everything will be fine can feel like a slap in the face.

Deciphering the jargon of white-collar gamblers

A third of the Indigenous languages used in America two decades ago have gone extinct, and Congress isn't doing enough to preserve what remains.

The word is used to describe disposable plastic diapers as well as the most ambitious climate legislation ever proposed. So what good is it?

How a shadowy consortium controls the evolution of emoji

How Donald Trump and his allies have drained the stigma from society's worst transgressions.

Linguists are studying how climate-related migration is affecting regional American dialects.

On Samantha Bee, Ivanka Trump, and the rhetorical power of English’s strongest epithet.

A new study represents a new low for pop psychology.

Some journalists are wringing their hands over a rise in profanity. Screw 'em.

A renowned scientist proposes an alternative to a contested word.