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

John Oliver sounded off on a Justice Department official’s claim that she was fired for refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson ...

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

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And remember you can find all the vocabulary and a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com. Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme. Now, let's start with the positive ...

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

Machylleth hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon last week to raise awareness of Welsh female artists and activists. On 7 March, the ...

Today, about 1.5 billion people speak English. Only about 400 million of those speak it as their first language. It is the ...

Wikipedia is one of the world's most influential knowledge platforms. Ranking among the top ten most-visited websites ...

American history shows that people can express their patriotism in many languages — and they can just as easily express ...

About 68 million Americans speak a language other than English at home. The vast majority, 241 million, speak English and no ...

Before Trump’s executive order, the decision on an official language was left to individual states. More than 30 states, along with the U.S. Virgin Islands, had already passed laws designating English ...