From "ubiquitous" to "esoteric," these nine words separate casual readers from those with genuinely sophisticated ...

As certain occupants at the White House are more prone to speaking than listening, this vocabulary lesson all boils down to really one sentence, and as my grandmother used to test me…it contains all ...

Why do we use words like “natural” in economics? Or what about the word “utility”? The answer can be traced all the way back ...

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

Antisemitism does not disappear; it changes masks. Increasingly, it arrives not as explicit hatred but as seemingly reasonable “concern,” moral hygiene, and the language of supposed responsibility—so ...

Donald Trump’s appearances on the podcasts of Joe Rogan and Theo Von, among others, were seen by many as a key part of securing his second term in office. But while Trump was speculating about alien ...

Howard A. Husock’s “The Projects” (NYU, 240 pages, $29.95), a history of public housing in America, is largely a story of failure. When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing ...

Vladimir Kogan is a professor of political science at Ohio State University and the author of the new book No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids. The book drew ...

Henry Laufer is a mathematician who was chief scientist at Renaissance Technologies. Along with his wife, Marsha, a former local Democratic party chair, he has given to support Democrats and liberal ...

Matthew Flinders does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to explain the Republican Party’s steep election losses this week in part on a failure of language ― specifically, a failure to use a “new word.” Many blamed ...