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Republican deceit on Ohio voters

vendredi 1 septembre 2023 à 15:46

*Ohio Republicans accused of trying to mislead voters with [misleading description of the abortion ballot question].*

Price of insulin

vendredi 1 septembre 2023 à 15:46

*Biden Administration Adds Insulin to Drug Price Negotiation List in Major Blow to Big Pharma.*

Rocky future of peaches

vendredi 1 septembre 2023 à 15:46

Global heating effects are wiping out the peach crop in the southern US. If only the farmers understood this, they might start voting to curb global heating.

The article's title says "decimated" but that word is an understatement here.

DeMentis at shooting-victims vigil, FL

vendredi 1 septembre 2023 à 15:46

When DeMentis showed up at a vigil for three blacks murdered by a white racist hater, and condemned the killer, the people present booed him for promoting the racism, fascism and Nazism that motivated the killer.

The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry, and normally I will not link to articles that practice it, even if they also criticize it. But I make exceptions for some articles that I consider particularly important — and I label them like this.

Man charged against Anti-homosexuality Act 2023, Uganda

vendredi 1 septembre 2023 à 15:46

A Ugandan man faces the threat of execution if convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."

The article leaves me wondering what aspect makes it "aggravated". You would think editors would anticipate readers' being left with curiosity.