Steven Pinker occupies a role that is rare in American life: the celebrity intellectual. The Harvard professor pops up on outlets from PBS to the Joe Rogan podcast, translating dense subjects into ...

In an age saturated with information, the ability to communicate clearly and effectively has never been more crucial. Writing ...

POLITICS Steven Pinker: Young people sick and tired of being told, 'you can't say that, you can't think that' on campus 'I think it is foolish to let lawlessness and anarchy rise in cities.

Steven Pinker will be fine, but a letter from his critics signals less powerful scholars that certain opinions, publicly stated, could result in professional sanction.

Steven Pinker Pinker's most recent book, "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress," presents facts that demonstrate how life around the globe ...

Steven Pinker. Rebecca Goldstein. Indeed, Pinker notes with amusement in the book that in every era, there is always somebody complaining about how all the uncouth speakers of the day are wrecking ...

Psychologist Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature explains that the world is actually growing less violent, even though the media may give a different impression.

Pinker, though, contends that the conduct of such research shows that “[f]or all the headlines, day-to-day life at Harvard consists of publishing ideas without fear or favor.” It doesn’t.