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The Trump administration has reportedly banned the leading US public health agency from using certain words in a budget proposal due next year.
And what words: vulnerable, entitlement, diversity, transgender, fetus, evidence-based and science-based. The choice reflects the Trump camp’s well-known dislike of science
But more subtly, it reveals a less-noticed dislike of equality, which research suggests could be deeply rooted in the psychology of Trump supporters. This is a problem, not just because equality is central to traditional US beliefs, but because it is integral to public health.…
