Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The R-word is making a comeback. Once pushed to the margins of acceptable language thanks to campaigns like "Spread the Word to ...

For a decade, disability advocates led a concerted effort to stomp out use of the word “retard.” Now they’re concerned that the language appears to be making a comeback. Online, in popular culture and ...

(CNN) — On an April episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host used a slur within the first 45 seconds of the show. “The word ‘retarded’ is back, and it’s one of the great culture victories,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "When we allow this slur to make a comeback, we’re not just permitting offensive speech — we're potentially undermining the ...

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. By Dan Barry and Sonia A. Rao Late last month, a woman ...

The sight of the slur shocked and alarmed the mother of a young boy with special needs. Kimberly Steffes of Joliet, Illinois never imagined a sitting president would use the “R-word,” a derogatory ...