In an age of polarized debates and dug-in opinions, obdurate feels more relevant than ever. It’s the word that captures our cultural stalemates: firm, unmovable, sometimes admirable and often ...

Rep. Jim Banks asked Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, during a hearing about anti-semitism on college campuses why a guidebook given out to students at Columbia's School of ...

We often hear fascinating stories about how things originated: the universe, the wheel, even pizza. But when it comes to the words we toss around every single day without a second thought, it’s wild ...