The proliferation of "y'all" points to a global cultural shift toward more inclusive language and merging traditions.

How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is different from 'normal' and connect it to other people from a specific ...

Land acknowledgments have become the gold standard of performative Indigenous allyship, a box to check rather than a commitment to change. For many organizations, governments, and individuals, these ...

For many years there have been concerns about the growth of big government and several related issues — higher taxes; loss of individual liberties; economically-crippling inflation; growing medical ex ...

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When the news broke in late January that a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek had supposedly developed cutting-edge AI for a ...

Elon Musk’s team has only the powers that Congress gives it, or doesn’t give it — explicitly or implicitly, actively or passively.

This word has appeared in 78 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in three articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

Doesn’t it make sense for an institution as wealthy and powerful as Harvard to accept the responsibility of speaking out broadly for the truth, and perhaps even for justice?

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A man schooled South Africans on the correct pronunciation of popular items in a video. The clip went viral, leaving many ...

Jack Lisowski has anointed Ronnie O'Sullivan as "a god" and also expressed his admiration for John Higgins. When snooker's top contemporary talents are asked about their childhood heroes, names ...