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The political news site Politico reports that candidates in the 2024 presidential campaign are running some ads using Spanglish. But what is Spanglish? Is it a dialect, slang? A real language? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, Spanglish is a mix … Continue reading →

By Joe Grimm I have to share this post by Stephanie Fenton at Read the Spirit. She tells of the ancient and beautiful celebration of Pentecost, as practiced by Orthodox Christians. I will let her tell the story and sheepishly … Continue reading →

The national discussion over whether unaffiliated religious “nones” are growing or shrinking has a new perspective from a pagan writer. The Pew Research Center sparked the discussion with its finding that the United States now has more religiously unaffiliated people … Continue reading →

Both names and Hindustan are used, although in different contexts, to refer to one country. India is commonly used outside of India, but Bharat, from Sanskrit religious texts, is used by some within India. Hindustan is used less often, usually … Continue reading →

Be a Bias Busters ally on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 30. The same kind of effort that sent Michigan State student authors to the Chaldean Cultural Center wants to send students to Amish Country in 2022. Please join us as a … Continue reading →

To my hoped-for students: Michigan State students have a unique opportunity to become authors in a series of books that fight discrimination. So far, our Bias Busters series has published about 20 titles and sold about 15,000 copies. Become one … Continue reading →

A University of Oklahoma journalism professor, working without notes, no doubt, told students that they have to keep up with the times and with social media. To illustrate his point, he compared “OK, Boomer,” a putdown for older people, to … Continue reading →

If you haven’t seen the PBS documentary on the Black Panthers and wanted to, make your move now. It is streaming live until the end of February. According to0 PBS, it is “first feature-length documentary to shed light on the … Continue reading →

A school meeting in Saline, Michigan, on diversity and inclusion blew up Feb. 3 when a man challenged a father, “Why didn’t you stay in Mexico?” The conversation had meeting had been called, according to MLive, to heal the community … Continue reading →