This article is from the archive of our partner . Analyzing these words as used in books is a way to highlight a culture's consciousness, they told The Atlantic Wire: "The words in a book reflect what ...

There’s a beautiful moment in the The Miracle Worker, the 1962 biopic about Hellen Keller. It’s the moment when Keller, blind, deaf, and dumb from infancy, suddenly gets the miracle of language. It’s ...

Social media is changing the character of our political conversations. As many have pointed out, our attention is a scarce resource that politicians and journalists are constantly fighting to attract, ...

In the new book “If I Betray These Words,” I tell the story, with Simon Talbot, of Rita Gallardo (a pseudonym): Deployed in the desert Middle East, confined to a military base ringed by Hesco barriers ...

Word of the Day: Refined in sound yet pointed in implication, the word Sanctimonious reminds readers that moral authority is strongest when expressed with humility rather than display.