Florida is having a language moment in 2026. But what language is it? A new state law requires driving tests to be English-only. Florida, the state with the third largest foreign-born population, ...

“Wild tongues can’t be tamed, they can only be cut out,” wrote Gloria Anzaldua in her bilingually titled book “Borderlands/La Frontera.” That’s how Anzaldua, a Chicana writer born in Texas, described ...

The U.S. Department of Justice released guidance to federal agencies on July 14 on how to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order from March declaring English the nation’s official ...

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