Craig Thomas’s “Hollywood and the ‘R-word’ ” (Ideas, Sept. 18) hit close to home for me. As the mother of a 43-year-old man with Down syndrome and the president and CEO of the Northeast Arc, I, too, ...

This commentary is adapted from a segment on The Pub, Current’s weekly podcast about public media. I had a beer with my friend Chris Tsavatewa the other day, and he said, “I want to talk to you about ...

The R-word is making a comeback. Once pushed to the margins of acceptable language thanks to campaigns like "Spread the Word to End the Word," the R-word all but disappeared from common use by the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article features language that may be hurtful to readers. On an April episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host used a slur within the first 45 seconds of the show. “The word ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Big Brother‘s 25th season is shaping up to be the most memorable in recent years — for less-than-ideal reasons. The anniversary season has delivered some blindsides and a ...

Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the man tapped by President Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — regularly employs the word “retarded” to insult people on his social ...

For a decade, disability advocates led a concerted effort to stomp out use of the word “retard.” Now they’re concerned that the language appears to be making a comeback. Online, in popular culture and ...

Janet Yellen, who as treasury secretary chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States There may come a time—and it may come quite soon—when it’s appropriate for the press to use the ...

What does Gov. Ron DeSantis have against Black congressional districts? He took it upon himself three years ago to help Republicans hold the U.S. Congress by redrawing the North Florida seat once held ...

(CNN) — On an April episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host used a slur within the first 45 seconds of the show. “The word ‘retarded’ is back, and it’s one of the great culture victories,” ...