A certain loaded word seems to be making a cultural comeback. John McWhorter, an Opinion writer and a linguistics professor ...

When linguist John McWhorter hears activists and academics condemn "whiteness" or talk about "centering" people of color, he doesn't hear... Linguist John McWhorter on how to combat the harms of 'woke ...

If you're speaking with John McWhorter, never use this common phrase: "It is what it is." "People say it when, really, what they mean is, 'I don't care," McWhorter, an author, linguist and associate ...

As the presidential election approaches, Talk of the Nation will ask guests to make the case for the two candidates on foreign and domestic... Linguist John McWhorter Makes Case For Obama As the ...

Linguist and Columbia University professor John McWhorter is a podcast host, the author of 20 books, and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. His new book, Pronoun Trouble, explores the recent ...

Writer and linguist John McWhorter says that what's gone wrong in black America demands rethinking. He suggests that African-American leaders excuse problems like crime and poverty, instead of solving ...

Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words; By John McWhorter; Avery; 240 pp., $28.00 The contrasting details of different language(s) over time, culminating for now in today’s pronoun ...

We have one perspective on the language of Donald Trump. For years now, the former president's blunt talk has won praise from supporters and from himself. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: John H. McWhorter is an Associate Professor for the Department of English and Comparative Literature in the Columbia University with 22 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the ...

John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist and associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, where he teaches linguistics, American studies, philosophy, and ...