I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975, and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our arrival, ...

A push is underway to make Jamaica’s Patois an official language, on par with English, as the country weighs cutting ties to the British monarchy. By Simon Romero Photographs and Video by Alejandro ...

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 ...

In my home state of Illinois, the official language was “American” from 1923 to 1969. To many, this may seem like an absolutely ridiculous official language, and the Illinois government would agree ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating English as the official language of the United States. This is the first such order in U.S. history. The move reverses a policy issued by ...