Why Are the French So Afraid of Other Languages?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Uh oh. Now we’ve pissed off the French intellectuals: A celebration of the “Scène Young Adult” at the Salon du Livre in Paris next month has drawn the condemnation of dozens of French authors and intellectuals, who have described the adoption of English terminology as…
After Trump’s Election, There Was a Big Spike in Long-Term Birth Control Use
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Washington’s Measles Outbreak Is a Wake-Up Call on Childhood Vaccination
A pediatrician prepares to administer a measles vaccination.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On January 25, after a measles outbreak sickened 31 people in the southwest corner of Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency. All but one of the patients were children, most under the…
In Some States, the Death Penalty’s Days Might Be Numbered
Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After both the use of and popular support for capital punishment peaked in the 1990s, the frequency of the death penalty has fallen. Drug manufacturers have stopped supplying their products to states that want to use them in executions, while public backing…
The Green New Deal Is Already Happening in One Portland Neighborhood
With a large crowd of community members as an audience, the Sugar Shack in Cully neighborhood is destroyed to make room for a new affordable housing development. Courtesy of Living Cully Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate…
A Tough Federal Judge Told Roger Stone It’s Time to Shut Up
Roger Stone leaves federal court on February 1, 2019.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. United States District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson may do something many Americans have long hoped for: shut up Roger Stone. Since his January 25 arrest on charges of obstructing of justice, witness tampering,…