intellectuals

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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

After Ghana became independent in 1957, a wave of black intellectuals and artists moved there from the US.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Today, Malinche is lauded by Mexican intellectuals and lawmakers, and her image once again graces a public space in Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Scholars and intellectuals dilating in their little books: None of that matters anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

One of the key groups that spread these teachings was founded in the 1530s: the Jesuit order, a collection of highly trained intellectuals well suited to attack Protestantism.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife