Correction for “Examining long-term trends in politics and culture through language of political leaders and cultural institutions,” by Kayla N. Jordan, Joanna Sterling, James W. Pennebaker, and Ryan L. Boyd, which was first published February 11, 2019; 10.1073/ pnas.1811987116 (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 116:3476–3481). The authors note that their conflict of interest statement was omitted during publication. The authors declare the following: “J.W.P. is the owner of the text analysis program LIWC. All profits from the sales of LIWC are donated to the University of Texas at Austin.”