Mr. Kennedy talked about his book, [Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word], published by Pantheon Books. The book chronicles the history of the word from a neutral word in the 1600s to ...

A retired U.S. Air Force officer, who is white, recently had his conviction overturned by a federal appeals court that found that the his use of the word “nigger” was protected by the First ...

Is it acceptable for pedagogical purposes to enunciate the epithet “nigger”? The question is topical because of a string of incidents in which professors have been condemned, disciplined, even ...

The evolution of the slur's use — and the taboo around it — tells a story about what our culture values.

Seriously people, I love this argument put forth by stupid white folks who somehow clamor to say nigger and have black people smile, and even stupider black folks who claim that my use of nigger ...

"You're pronouncing it wrong. It's not nigger, it's nigga," my friend said. I had just moved to Washington, D.C. -- "Chocolate City" as it's known among the capital city's predominantly black ...

If and when we actually hear Trump say “nigger,” the president and his defenders will likely point to Lyndon Johnson’s liberal use of the word, making the argument that someone could be a ...

But after watching the viral news clip of an Iowa woman calling KCCI reporter Emmy Victor a nigger, and reading some of the reactions to it, I'm doing exactly that.

Professor Randall Kennedy talked about his book, [Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word], published by Pantheon Books. The book traces the word "nigger," to identify how it has been ...