CLIFFSIDE PARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Controversy is brewing after a high school teacher in New Jersey told a Spanish-speaking student to 'speak American.' Yennifer Pinales is 17-years-old and ...
If you spin your radio dial to 101.9 FM, you will hear something like this. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Spanish). CHANG: Radio Campesina is a Spanish-language ...
While language can connect people to their culture and be a source of pride, it can also bring about embarrassment and anxiety. According to the Pew Research Center, 78 percent of U.S. Hispanics say ...
When I was a young UCLA constitutional law major, we learned that the Constitution wasn’t just parchment behind glass: It was a living promise, fragile and ferocious, meant to protect the people when ...
The Spanish-language radio network Radio Campesina reaches millions of Latino voters, including in Arizona. It recently launched a campaign to fight false information ahead of this year's election. If ...
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Miami is one of the most bilingual cities in the U.S. More than 70 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home, and Spanish is often heard more frequently than English in everyday ...
Aaron Schlossberg berated restaurant workers for speaking Spanish. The New York lawyer who sparked outrage and protests last week when a video went viral of him berating customers and workers for ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Trump wanted to make English the official language of the United States. But I want ...
At Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Rampart Street, Spanish-speaking parishioners have begun skipping services, according to ...
Miguel Torres was driving through Pensacola in March when he was stopped for speeding by Florida Highway Patrol. The young Venezuelan man is in the United States legally, but he didn’t have his driver ...