New research suggests alarming details about the plague, which repeatedly devastated populations across Europe, Asia, and Africa over the centuries. 

Lee's novel has been criticized for its depictions of race, but the questions it raised continue to resonate in an America where racial animus persists. 

Eddie Aikau was a surfing legend during a time when Hawaiian legends were being resurrected. As a lifeguard, he attempted more than 500 daring rescues.

Siri is changing the way people speak by homogenizing how things are spoken. Which begs the question: Why do we have accents?

How politicians use language to manipulate the public and sway them toward particular world-views. 

If Eddie Redmayne wins an Oscar for The Danish Girl, he will be the most recent in a string of cisgender actors lauded for portraying a transgender figure.

Today marks the publication of English Renaissance Poetry, an anthology of poems selected by the novelist John Williams. 

The different ways insurance companies treat Viagra for men and birth control for women show the inherent sexism and legal biases involved. 

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