intellectuals

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But pro-Soviet intellectuals ostracized him when he dared to speak honestly about life behind the Iron Curtain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

You might have assumed that America’s intellectuals would have been overjoyed at this postwar cultural leveling up, but not all were.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Unifying the scenes is the narrator, Laura, who grew up in working-class conditions and has made an uneasy home among London’s intellectuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers and public intellectuals in post-war Germany, has died aged 96.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Nigerian soldiers, they had heard, did not like people who looked like intellectuals.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie