“Words cut deeper than a knife. A knife can be pulled out; words are embedded into our souls.” — Truer words have never been spoken – and with them comes a very simple message: words matter. For many, ...

Workplace jargon is among the more annoying parts of work culture. But what if some of the catchphrases we hear at the office actually have hidden, make-or-break meanings? These are just some of the ...

Social media users are employing coded language, such as deliberate misspellings and symbols, to try to evade detection by platforms seeking to contain the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. Social ...

The culture of American medicine is a culture of contradictions. On the one hand, medical professionals are culturally predisposed to put the lives of patients ahead of their own, especially in times ...

Some anti-vaccination groups on Facebook are changing their names to euphemisms like “Dance Party” or “Dinner Party,” and using code words to fit those themes in order to skirt bans from Facebook, as ...

Plain language announcements may improve hospital staff responses to nonclinical emergencies compared to traditional coded messages, according to a new nurse-led study from Cleveland Clinic. The ...

Recently a newly revealed tape of a 1971 conversation between California Gov. Ronald Reagan and President Richard Nixon made headlines. It’s where Reagan, frustrated by the actions of African nations ...

When Paul Ryan talked about a “real culture problem” in “our inner cities in particular” this week, he wasn’t the first American politician to be slammed for using racially coded language to get a ...

The View ridiculed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday’s episode, claiming he is using “code” to refer to black people. “I found it highly offensive that he compared African American studies with ...

All artists have something to say, crafting their messages — in works abstract or realistic, in two dimensions or three — through the visual languages of color and form. But Michelle Bowen went a step ...

Critics often ask why I have to talk about issues related to race and culture. To them, it’s as if I’m the one inciting racial strife and division by discussing these issues, and if I stopped, they ...