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 ...

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There is a quiet, creeping unease spreading through workplaces, classrooms, social media feeds, and dinner tables. People are choosing their words more carefully. Conversations that used to feel ...

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 ...

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.

It’s no secret that many celebrities are terrified of being canceled. From Blake Lively to Kendall Jenner, numerous public figures have faced dents to their reputations, floods of hate comments, mass ...

"Cancel culture" is a phantasm. Yes, as any true believer will insist, there have been cases where a person saw consequences — such as being suspended for a year from a plum teaching gig — for ...

“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 ...