They didn’t feel the need to speak English immediately, taking generations for their new language to take hold ... Then’s there’s the history of colonization. “Let’s go way back and ...

people who speak a language other than English are entitled to treatment equal to that of English speakers. The U.S. has never embraced multilingualism. History is rife with campaigns to suppress ...

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.

In fact, American history shows that people can express ... forbade instruction in any school in any language except English. Robert Meyer, the teacher of a one-room Lutheran grade school, was ...

This rhetoric of “unity” and “efficiency” echoes the language of past empire-builders, but history suggests a darker reality. Much like Spain’s 1492 linguistic nationalism, English-only policies in ...

The English government implemented ... of the Irish language and culture. The Irish language is an integral part of Irish culture and history, and its survival despite centuries of suppression ...