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 ...

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 ...

New York Times columnist and linguist John McWhorter discusses the rise and fall of "woke," DEI and affirmative action, and his new book on the history of pronouns.

Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? Linguist John McWhorter says that there's much more to texting — linguistically, culturally... Is Texting Actually Advancing Language? Part 1 of the ...

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