Monday, December 18, 2017

It’s not just Trump’s administration that bans words, European nations have done it too

When policy analysts at Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met with senior budget officials last week, they were told that seven words or phrases could no longer be used in official documents  being prepared for next year’s budget, including “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based.” According to my colleagues Lena H. Sun and Juliet […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/12/18/its-not-just-trumps-administration-that-bans-words-european-nations-have-done-it-too/

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