In my work as a senior editor at a scientific journal, the most challenging arguments I mediate among reviewers, authors, other editors, and readers are not about research methods, empirical data, or subtle points of theory but about which terms describing vulnerable groups are acceptable and which are harmful. My field—addiction and drug policy—has a tradition of savage infighting over language. Are the people whom earlier generations derided as vagrants or bums more appropriately termed homeless people, people who
A federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law that would have hit librarians with criminal charges if they provided “harmful” books to children.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks issued a preliminary injunction Saturday against the law.
The new law would have made it a Class A misdemeanor for libraries to knowingly provide a child with any “harmful” material, punishable in Arkansas by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.
Arkansas law defines “harmful to
A federal judge has blocked the state of Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have subjected libraries and booksellers to criminal charges if they provided “harmful” materials to minors.
Judge Timothy L. Brooks for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which was set to take effect Aug. 1.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the measure into law earlier this year. A coalition that included the Central Arkansas
Is that sniffle a cold, or have I caught Covid?
It’s a question you’ve likely asked — and answered — yourself dozens of times over the last three years thanks to the rise of DIY testing kits.
But you might soon be asking similar questions about whether or not the blood in your poo is cancer, if test manufacturers get their way.
Not only did the pandemic lead to a huge surge in demand for Covid home testing kits, but
Controversial chest-binders — which can dangerously compress breasts — are being sold with no warnings on Amazon, MailOnline can reveal.
Chest-binders, which can fracture ribs and warp spines, are used by women and girls with gender dysphoria who want a flatter chest and more masculine appearance.
The products, sold for as little as £12.50, also use targeted language to women and teenagers suffering from gender dysphoria, promising that wearing a binder will allow them to ‘be yourself from now on’.
Superstar Beyonce sagte, sie würde einen Text aus einem Song auf ihrem neuen Album „Renaissance“ entfernen, nachdem die Sängerin wegen ihrer „ableistischen“ und „beleidigenden“ Sprache mit Gegenreaktionen konfrontiert war.
Der Vertreter der 40-Jährigen bestätigte, dass die „Halo“-Hitmacherin eine überarbeitete Version ihres Songs „Heated“ veröffentlichen würde, nachdem die Sängerin wegen der Verwendung einer Zeile mit dem Wort „Spaz“ kritisiert worden war, berichtete die Associated Press.
„Das Wort, das nicht absichtlich auf schädliche Weise verwendet wird, wird ersetzt“, heißt es in einer
Like millions of patients who seek help from their GPs for depression, Emma Ward was repeatedly told she was suffering from ‘an imbalance of chemicals in the brain’.
If Emma wanted to get better, her doctors said the 26-year-old should keep taking the antidepressants she had been prescribed since she was 15 — even though the drugs did not seem to improve her mood, and left her feeling perpetually numb emotionally.
Now, shocking new research published yesterday shows that the
