“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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever had a conversation with a colleague or manager that left you feeling slighted, even though you weren’t explicitly dismissed or insulted? Chances are you were on the receiving end of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...