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Fair Refuge

The treatment of refugees and other migrants trying to enter supposedly civilized countries has reached new lows recently with more deaths worldwide, including at...

Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in Parliament

During a debate in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen, a Greenlandic MP has refused to speak Danish, instead speaking entirely in her native Inuit...

Study Abroad Grant Program Reintroduced to Senate

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) today reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program...

Zelenskyy Promotes English in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to establish English as one of several international languages of communication in Ukraine. The plan is to pass...

Nicaraguan Wins Reina Sofia Poetry Prize

Exiled Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist literature, has been awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize. Belli’s work has...

ANLE Celebrates 50 Years

The North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), the second-youngest “daughter” of the legendary Royal Spanish Academy (RAE, founded in 1713), celebrates its...

NC Governor Declares ‘State of Emergency for Public Education’

In a special address, North Carolina governor Roy...

Asylum Process Hampered by Lack of Linguistic Diversity

The Center for American Progress released a report on the importance ofproviding meaningful language access to those seeking asylum in the US in orderto...

Québec’s Temporary Migrants Seen as Threat to French

Québec's new commissioner of French says a boom in the number of temporary migrants is threatening the status of French, citing “significant repercussions." In the...

Language Exposure Shapes Young Brains

New research from the University of East...

Brazilian constitution to be translated into Indigenous language

Brazil will soon have a copy of its 1988 Constitution in an Indigenous language. A team of 15 translators are currently working on translating the...

Canada Takes AI Action to Teach French

In Canada, the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, has announced that an...

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