For years, Donald Trump’s rhetoric has relied on insult, ridicule, threat and contempt. But the scale of violence in his ...

Some will say this rhetoric is effective. That defense is morally bankrupt. Intimidation is effective. Humiliation is effective. Terror is effective. The fact that language produces fear or movement ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with presidential historian Barbara Perry about how President Trump's wartime rhetoric fits into the history of the presidency.

Associate professor Allison Prasch breaks down some of the political rhetoric we saw unfold in both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris' campaigns. As analysis continues ...

President Trump’s extraordinary rhetoric threatening Iran’s civilization faced a severe backlash Tuesday amid conflicting ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses civil rhetoric with Carolyn Lukensmeyer of the National Institute for Civil Discourse and Ariela Schachter of Washington University in St. Louis. We're now going ...