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The Raw Story· 1 hour agoThe Oxford dictionary of sociology defines moral panic as, “the process of arousing social concern over an issue — usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media ...
Beyoncé's name to be added to French encyclopedic dictionary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThus, Beyoncé's name has a French origin. In 2004, the term "bootylicious" was added to the Oxford...
Raleigh philanthropist and art patron Assad Meymandi has died
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoMeymandi attended a French Jesuit school in Tehran and went to the Sorbonne in Paris...community...
A new campaign wants to redefine the word 'nature' to include humans—here's why this linguistic...
Phys.org· 20 hours agoNow a new campaign, We Are Nature, aims to persuade dictionaries to include humans in their definitions of nature. This campaign, a collaboration between a group of lawyers and a design company ...
Word of the Day: rancorous
New York Times· 8 hours agoThe Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim years later using an A.I. tool that conjured an image ...
Ho-Chunk Code Talkers Memorial Highway honors critical wartime efforts of Native Americans
La Crosse Tribune· 3 hours agoA group of Native American soldiers deployed their unique language skills to prevent German and...
America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined...
Teen suspended for using term 'illegal alien' in class: Mom, lawyer call out NC school's...
Fox News· 5 days agoOne North Carolina student is taking legal action against his school district after he was suspended...
Louise Carroll: Mother's Day about women who shaped our lives
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoAs I consider the priceless contributions of the women who have touched my life, I know it is time...
Why do people hate people?
The Conversation· 1 day agoWhat are you really feeling when you say that you hate something or someone? At the very top of the pyramid is genocide, the intent to destroy a particular group – like what Jewish people experienced ...
