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Why journalists need to understand grammar to write accurately about violence

The recent killing of unarmed Palestinians by Israeli forces has sparked not only a reasonable outcry, but a commentary on the language journalists use to report these events.

Newslaundry · May 29, 2018

Brothers in Arms: The Sangh and the Kibbutz

MS Golwalkar, BJP’s guruji, wasn’t closeted about his admiration for Hitler. His ideas of Hindutva and Hitler’s ethnic cleansing had much in common. Both believed in the creation of modern nation states with only pure races—one by expelling Jews, the other by desiring a similar fate for Muslims. Their vision had…

Newslaundry · Jul 7, 2017

Who Were the Canaanites, the ancient Biblical people credited with inventing the alphabet?

The Canaanites were made up of different ethnic groups who lived in the ancient Land of Canaan, and they likely invented the world's first alphabet.

LiveScience · Sep 8, 2016