The country has been debating gun regulations for months. Later this week, a Senate committee will start work on various proposals, including a background check on every gun sale and a ban on assault ...

In the 1952 Florida Senate race, George Smathers campaigned against incumbent Claude Pepper in the democratic primary, using this characterization attributed by journalists of the day as key to his ...

(RNS) — “Words move hearts,” Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf has famously said, “and hearts move limbs.” And when particular words are misapplied, they can move limbs to violence. Since the Israel-Hamas ...

Media organizations, provided they operate with the sincere intention of being neutral observers when distributing news content, must always be on the lookout for words and phrases that sneak in ...

The debate currently raging over guns goes beyond a disagreement over policy. Advocates on both sides literally disagree on the terms of the... Loaded Words: How Language Shapes The Gun Debate The ...