When the term “cancel culture” emerged in the American lexicon a decade or so ago, it seemed like a trend with a short shelf life. People struggled to define it, even as they pointed out instances of ...

Cancel culture—whether you love it, hate it, or find yourself somewhere in between—has undeniably changed the way we interact with the world. Once upon a time, common sense was the guiding principle ...

There's one thing we can all agree about when it comes to Claudine Gay, Harvard's embattled former president who resigned this week amid an antisemitism and plagiarism scandal: She failed to meet an ...

As some prominent conservatives target both ordinary people and public figures for their comments about Charlie Kirk, they are trying to rebrand a practice they once maligned. By Joseph Bernstein Mr.

Ernest Owens knew we had lost the plot on cancel culture when his younger brother declared he had been “canceled” — by his teacher. Owens, a Philadelphia-based journalist and the author of “The Case ...

Freedom of speech has supposedly been making an epic comeback, with growing optimism that cancel culture, the steady march to deny free speech rights and the politics of destruction across society, ...

This should all be remarkable: that the tale of the banh mi circulated so widely and enjoyed such a tenacious afterlife in political polemic; that it was subjected to such wild distortions; and that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: ...

Late on election night a rapturous roar rippled through the Palm Beach County Convention Center, where the Trump campaign was hosting its watch party. It was the sound of victory. For some listening ...

In their new book The Canceling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott provide countless examples of people who have been canceled across the political spectrum—from the left, the ...

Conservatives have pushed for people who made social media posts celebrating the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk to be fired from their jobs, sparking debate about whether they are now ...

“Previously a voice for the canceled, they’re now the ones canceling,” intoned NBC News last month in a story, headlined “Trump and Republicans find themselves on the other side of the cancel culture ...