Tag: language
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RTD rolls out new tools to ease language barriers
The Regional Transportation District is adding two new tools to help non-English-speaking riders get assistance more easily across the Denver metro bus system. The agency is distributing 1,500 multilingual “I Speak” buttons to frontline employees and placing “language hel”p QR code decals near bus entry doors. The changes aim to connect customers quickly with multilingual…
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‘Words matter’: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on turning down the temperature and leaning on faith
BALTIMORE — In a moment of rising threats and sharpened rhetoric, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says political leaders have a duty to reject dehumanizing language and model peaceful engagement. Moore talked about drawing clear lines against violence while protecting First Amendment rights, how leaders should disagree without wishing harm, why AI-driven smear campaigns demand a…
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Senate Republicans defeat Democrats’ effort to force the release of Epstein files
Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein
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Harris says leaving reelection decision to Biden was ‘recklessness,’ but she defends his abilities
Ex-Vice President Kamala Harris says it was reckless for Democrats to let President Joe Biden decide whether to seek reelection last year