About half of U.S. adults (51%) say it is extremely or very important for the U.S. to make English its official language.

“Official” is a very English word. It has its roots in the Old French “oficial” and the Latin “officialis,” and now — thanks to a new Trump executive order — describes the status ...

When my maternal grandfather, Israel Whitman, came here from Czarist Russia, he wouldn’t allow Yiddish to be spoken in his ...

As the U.S. population diversifies, future generations of doctors will likely encounter even more patients who do not speak English or who are more comfortable communicating in another language.