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.

The American media have vacillated since 2013 between “cancel culture isn’t real” and “cancel culture is a good thing.” This week, they have decided finally that it’s terrible. The only problem is ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Graphic of four people. some drawbacks of cancel culture include its tendency for hypervigilance and tunnel visioning. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. If you spend time on social media, you’re ...

Social media has changed the way we hold people accountable for their actions. A single tweet or video can spark outrage that spreads across the internet in hours, leading to public shaming, lost jobs ...

The fear of being “canceled” due to unpopular political and cultural opinions or unsubstantiated allegations, often amplified with viral Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram posts, has become a serious ...

The Trump administration and the far right are engaging in dangerous, un-American tactics to suppress speech they dislike, cementing their control over institutions and the public by undermining First ...

The American media have vacillated since 2013 between “cancel culture isn’t real” and “cancel culture is a good thing.” This week, they have decided finally that it’s terrible. The only problem is ...