A Journey into the Heart of a Language We Need Now More Than Ever

As language takes a beating from the president, a book about Churchill and Orwell reminds us how potent skilled rhetoric can be.

Reflections on political discourse in the Trump era.

The linguist responds to your questions, criticisms and comments.

Linguist Robin Lakoff on women, men and American talk.

A communications expert says we need to change the conversation on climate change to get through to those who are doubtful.

The bad art of the non sequitur.

If the first casualty of war is truth, the second might be language.

New research has found that the language used to describe struggling Americans is turning off the very people it's supposed to help.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg reveals the subtext behind words like "job creators" and "one percent".