Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that the US has millions of Spanish speakers and a long multilingual history
The U.S. has never embraced multilingualism. History is rife with campaigns to suppress “foreign” and Indigenous languages. But as these examples show, the U.S. has often taken a policy approach that ...
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Why The USA Did Not Have An Official Language For Almost 250 Years
F or the first time in its nearly 250 years of history, the US is set to have an official language: On March 1, President ...
Trump Signs Order Designating English as Official Language of the U.S.
For decades, lawmakers in Congress have introduced legislation to designate English as the official language of the U.S.
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Trump Plans Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
On Friday, a White House aide said Mr. Trump was planning to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The official did not say when the ...
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official U.S. Language
WASHINGTON—President Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials. In its ...