John Oliver Eviscerates Donald Trump’s Ties to Vladimir Putin

Matthew Dessem
Slate*

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How to report on transgender people: Public Editor (Canada)

Kathy English
The Star

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ezs note:  Hooray for The Star! (Toronto)  It's about freakin' time a major newspaper printed out a concise, thoughtful spread on how to correctly write a transgender person's name and pronoun.  (And it's so damn easy...)  Might I suggest that you e-write - whether it's The New York Times or the Podunk Patriot - a friendly note, followed by a paste of The Star's blog. It's as follows:

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2015/08/21/how-to-report-on-transgender-people-public-editor.html

This may make a real difference! Thanks.

John Oliver blasts some of the most harmful myths about transgender people

German Lopez
Vox

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