Kim Bojorquez,
The Sacramento Beeâ
âLast summer, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, posed a question on Twitter: âDoes it seem like non-Latinos use Latinx far more than actual Latinos?â
A debate on Gonzalezâs Twitter thread followed.
Spanish-language loyalists criticized the gender-inclusive label for its attempt to change a language that consists of masculine and feminine nouns. Defenders called it a non-binary and inclusive label that acknowledges Latinas and LGBTQ Latinos.
Whatâs clear is that the label has risen in popularity on the internet in the last five years, reaching its peak on Google Trends in September 2020, a month before the presidential election.
The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending January 29th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 192 billion cubic feet to 2,689 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 41 billion cubic feet, or 1.5% higher than the 2,648 billion cubic feet that were in storage on January 29th of last year, and 198 billion cubic feet, or 7.9% above the five-year average of 2,491 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 29th of January in recent years..the 192 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was a bit less than the average forecast of a 195 billion cubic foot withdrawal from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but more than the 155 billion cubic foot withdrawal from natural gas storage seen during the corresponding week of a year earlier, and also more than the average withdrawal of 146 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have
Michael Brown had just walked out of Buck’s Gun Rack in Daytona Beach this week with a .22-caliber Ruger handgun.
The DeLand resident, who is Black, is a gun collector. The pistol was just another firearm to add to his collection. But he could understand why sales of firearms have been soaring.
“Every time there’s an issue it seems like the gun shops just empty their guns,” said Brown, 69. “People just want to feel safe with their guns. They want to feel safe in their homes and they think things are going to happen.”
More Black people are buying guns, according to Brown. He said there are a lot of good white people, but there also are some who concern him.
Suburban money fueling Cleveland mayoral race
Updated Feb 06, 2021;
CLEVELAND, Ohio – More than half of all dollars rolling into high-profile mayoral candidates’ coffers during the past reporting period did not come from the city of Cleveland, instead filtering in from the suburbs or elsewhere in Ohio.
That figure comes from an analysis of campaign finance disclosures filed for the latest reporting period from July through December by five of the top-tier candidates who are exploring a run or have entered the race to succeed Mayor Frank Jackson – who hasn’t ruled out a run for a fifth term.
Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, City Councilman Blaine Griffin, former Mayor Dennis Kucinich and 2017 mayoral hopeful Zack Reed all received a majority of their donations from outside Cleveland, most of it from familiar suburbs such as Shaker Heights or Lakewood. Nonprofit executive Justin Bibb, the only candidate who has officially declared a run, was the only candidat
‘Latinx’ term growing in popularity, but not among all Latinos By Kim Bojorquez, The Sacramento Bee
Published: February 5, 2021, 6:05am
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Last summer, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, posed a question on Twitter: “Does it seem like non-Latinos use Latinx far more than actual Latinos?”
A debate on Gonzalez’s Twitter thread followed.
Spanish-language loyalists criticized the gender inclusive label for its attempt to change a language that consists of masculine and feminine nouns. Defenders called it a nonbinary and inclusive label that acknowledges Latinas and LGBTQ Latinos.
What’s clear is that the label has risen in popularity on the internet in the last five years, reaching its peak on Google Trends in September 2020, a month before the presidential election.