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Renowned linguist Noam Chomsky, recovering in Brazil after stroke, remains engaged in activism and current events despite health challenges.

Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife’s native country of Brazil after suffering a massive stroke a year ago

After decades of opposing militarism, war and politics as usual, Chomsky's goal remains "changing the world"

Noam Chomsky, the revered and reviled genius once famously described as “the most important intellectual alive”, turns 95 today. He is a monumental figure in modern linguistics, and only a slightly lesser deity in psychology, philosophy and political activism.

Fixating on atrocities and ignoring the “normal” horrors of war neither helps Americans appreciate the tragedy of war nor gives the dead the dignity they deserve.

This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some uplifting news they’ve come across.

Nim Chimpsky raised the prospect of language among chimps but the experiment remains controversial today

We asked the latest generative AI system to analyze Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea. Here’s how it fared against a college student.

ChatGPT is a hot topic at my university, where faculty members are deeply concerned about academic integrity, while administrators urge us to “embrace the benefits” of this “new frontier.” It’s a classic example of what my colleague Punya Mishra calls the “doom-hype cycle” around new technologies. Likewise, media coverage of…