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John McWhorterThe Atlantic |
Being authentic or relatable shouldn’t mean being inarticulate.
Why just tell a story when you can put on a skit?
He, she, they, them, us.
The F-word is no longer the deadliest word in the English language.
Don’t be shocked: There were Black people and Native Americans during the colonial era.
The evil of human bondage was more complex than many historians care to reckon with.
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
Here’s the list of ancient shows I inflict on my daughters. What’s yours?
A towel snap. An eye roll. A punch. The president has spoken again.
Here’s what I did on my summer vacation.
It comes down to a single word, but one that speaks volumes.
I stopped listening to Bruce Springsteen’s music. I heard something more.
Fashions change. So do words.
Hint: It’s also a terrible idea for American Indians.
Purists are freaking out over her informal locutions, but at least they’re taking notice.
Why not just say what we mean?
Michigan Central Station taught me what education is for.
Opera’s greatest composers wanted us to understand the words. English, please!
A journey to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture took me places I will not soon forget.
Some things can be seen more clearly in black and white.
What the controversy about Jasmine Crockett’s comments got wrong — and right
It involves a capital letter, and it might just resolve some significant confusion.
How a pidgin became a Creole
The story of how a gendered word became a universal pronoun says a lot about how language evolves.
New Yorkers are not going back to the days of noisy, smelly gridlock.
From pejoration to semantic broadening, the word has done it all.
The past was more racially fluid than we assume — and maybe even more than the current day.
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