Collins Dictionary Names ‘Single-Use’ Its Word of 2018
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MAGA Hat Ornaments Not So Great
House Republicans Don’t Know Basic Facts on Tax Bill ; One Million Cholera Cases in Yemen …and More Picks 12/22
Voters with ‘Ethnic’ Names Score Big Win in Georgia
The voting rights of minorities are under attack in Georgia — as they are in many GOP-controlled states. This month, however, voters with “foreign” names booked an important win in the Peach State.
Islamic Name? US Banks May Not Want Your Business
U.S. banks are summarily canceling accounts of some customers with Islamic surnames. Why? They won’t say. And the trend is happening coast to coast, according to a Muslim advocacy group. Is the government behind it?
Islamic Name? US Banks May Not Want Your Business
U.S. banks are summarily canceling accounts of some customers with Islamic surnames. Why? They won’t say. And the trend is happening coast to coast, according to a Muslim advocacy group. Is the government behind it?
Musical Chairs in CIA and Pentagon: Now, Name That Tune
Few will pay attention to this reshuffling of power in the military-spy-diplomat axis. And we’ll probably never get the real story anyway. But we can always try to understand….
What's in a name?
The extent to which labels like “terrorist” and “bankruptcy reform” affect news coverage, public perceptions, and even public-policy decisions cannot be overstated. Yet we too rarely discuss this matter. The Los Angeles Times takes it on with regard to whether or not Sudan’s behavior in Darfur should be designated “genocide.”
By What Name Shall Ye Know Them?
Journalists tend to lean on simplified words and phrases to explain complex topics to a general audience. Too often, though, they don’t consider whether their language is ideologically loaded or favors certain interests over others. Consider, for example, the ways used to describe the mortgage-backed securities at the root of the financial crisis. The most […]
After No Kings — Something Even More Powerful
Once Trump’s ratings are low enough, his military power game will be put to the test. And you can make it happen.
Epstein: Dirty Secrets Emerge From a Painful Book — and the Powerful Squirm
But selections in the Epstein files continue to be protected behind one magic expression: “not credible.”
Trump Exasperated That Americans Don’t Get His Autocratic Symbolism
Whether it’s by digitally dumping feces on Americans or taking an actual wrecking ball to the White House, Donald Trump is making it quite clear what his aims are. But will “his” people finally get it?
Massie and Santos Get the Trump Treatment
Donald Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of scandal-plagued former representative George Santos.