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Recent stories about flags at the residence and vacation home of Justice Alito and his family remind me of something broader I'd been meaning to blog about: It's depressing, in our era of ...
"I suspect the president-elect's definition of political correctness would be different than mine," he said of Trump. "If what's meant by political correctness is that there is some broad ...
One side will argue against one definition of a word ... characterizes a large amount of political discourse in this country: Torrents of people talking about different things, all of whom ...
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Red, Blue, Green: The Global Politics of Color Explained
Colors do more than decorate flags—they carry deep political meaning across cultures. From red symbolizing revolution or socialism, to blue representing conservatism or unity, the political palette ...
The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...
The word "woke" gets tossed around in political conversations and its meaning has changed over the years. The term "woke" used to have a different meaning. It was first used by Pan-African ...
I’m a cognitive scientist who studies communication and writes about the meaning of gestures and ... by a wide variety of groups for several different purposes. In the early 20th century ...
It was intended mainly to assure that those who were brought to the U.S. as slaves and their children were guaranteed citizenship in the U.S. Misinterpretation for political means has caused it to ...
In politics, we are fond of saying “words ... Clearly, people ascribe different meanings to the word, so let’s go to a neutral corner, “Roget’s Thesaurus.” SUSTAIN (verb) 1.