The less important English becomes in America, the less American it becomes as well. On Tuesday, Democrat Ismail Mohamed was elected as an Ohio state representative. The Somali immigrant prioritized ...
The story of American English is how the nation’s different groups have made the language their own — but it’s also about the way it connects Americans. The latest book by the Mexican American author ...
When my maternal grandfather, Israel Whitman, came to the U.S. from czarist Russia, he wouldn’t allow Yiddish to be spoken in his home. He knew that English was the key to success and believed he had ...
IN 1789, Noah Webster declared ‘the pure English pronunciation in Great Britain and New England’ to be ‘exactly the same in both.’ Ever since that time those who undertake the difficult task of ...
Historian Peter Mancall says New English Canaan is “not very long” and “not very well written,” but holds immense value in what it says about the nation’s founding. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 25, 2025. In no time at all, speaking a language other than English in public is going to feel like an act ...
About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. Immigrants and poets. My mom was one, I became the other. Though mass media rarely clumps ...
English has become the dominant language of science in Latin America, with the use of Portuguese among Brazil-based authors in particular declining, according to a new study. According to the report ...
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