Tag: language
Russia Accused of Suppressing Ukrainian
Human Rights Watch (HRW), the widely respected international monitoring organization, is claiming that the Russian occupying authorities in Eastern Ukraine have violated their human...
El País Launches US Spanish Edition
Spain’s flagship daily newspaper El País has launched a digital edition focused on reaching the 42 million Spanish speakers in the US—Latin American and...
Spanish-Language Misinformation Thriving
A new poll (https://api.ddia.org/uploads/DDIA_Poll_Report_June_25_2024_98425ffa6d.pdf) from the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas (DDIA) of 3,000 Latinos across the US found that many were familiar...
NYC Creates New Division for English Learners and Students with Disabilities
New York City’s Education Department is creating a new division to support students with disabilities and children learning English as a second language, announced...
House Aims to Cut Title III EL Funding
The Republican-led House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education has advanced a funding bill that would eliminate funding for Title...
House Committee Supports Funding for World Languages
Last month, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of fiscal year 2025 Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations legislation, including $15 million for the...
Ontario Lawmaker Addresses Legislature in Anishininiimowin
A First Nations lawmaker in Ontario, Canada, has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, in a move that repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on...
China: Spanish for a New Approach to Globalization
Luis García Montero, director of the Instituto Cervantes, recently visited China to sign several academic agreements with the superpower’s educational organizations of the Asian...
Avengers Launches in Lakota
On June 14, Disney+ releases the Lakota-dubbed full-length version of the blockbuster Avengers movie, marking a milestone for Indigenous representation in mainstream media.
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