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Antisemitism in US Republicans

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 17:02

*Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn't Ilhan Omar.*

Senator confesses tactic, Brazil

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 17:02

A Brazilian senator, formerly a supporter of Bolsonaro, said that the two were present in a conversation where another elected official, also a supporter, proposed ways to spread doubt on the election's validity.

Unionization, REI employees

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 16:47

Employees at some REI stores have overcome union-busting to unionize.

REI is a cooperative, but it is a customed-owned cooperative, not a worker-owned cooperative. So it can easily mistreat workers.

Ukrainian prisoners of war tortured

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 06:32

*Former Russian soldier reveals he witnessed torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war.*

Democrat proposal to prohibit "latinx"

dimanche 5 février 2023 à 06:32

Democratic Connecticut legislators propose to prohibit the pseudo-word "Latinx" in state publications, saying that most Latins find it offensive.

I too find it offensive -- because it is an excrescence on the English language and/or the Spanish language. It does not fit the pronunciation rules of either language. Basically, the word "Latinx" stinx.

In English, let's use the noun "Latin" (plural, "Latins"). In Spanish, I recommend "latini", which uses "-I" as the gender-neutral suffix. The suffix "-i" is better because it causes fewer ambiguities than "-e". For instance, "-i" avoids creating a painful ambiguity for "le".