AUSTIN, Texas — Luz Rivas remembers seeing the word on her mother’s residency card as a child: “alien.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

It is not news anymore that the United States is deeply polarized along partisan lines. In recent decades, ours has become a body politic consumed by fear and loathing, willing to attribute nefarious ...

Twitter is gathering public feedback on proposed rules meant to ban dehumanizing language on its platform. The comment period runs until October 9 and Twitter will share the details later this year.

Twitter announced Tuesday a new policy to combat “dehumanizing language,” as it continues searching for ways to make its platform more hospitable. Users will not be allowed to “dehumanize anyone” ...

Editor: When a president threatens the destruction of a people’s “civilization,” the issue is not tone, messaging, or theatrical excess. It is a public moral danger. Psychology has long shown that ...

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drones have promised a way to reconcile military effectiveness with unintended consequences. These unmanned aircraft help keep soldiers safer and ...

Listen to President Donald Trump long enough, and you’re likely to hear his xenophobic views about immigrants. In his speeches, Trump regularly states or implies that undocumented migrants and ...

President Trump has warned that immigrants will “pour in and infest our country.” He said that they are coming from “sh*thole countries.” And he has said of immigrants “these aren’t people. They are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump frequently uses dehumanizing language towards immigrants and asylum-seekers in speeches. Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images ...