George Bernard Shaw, a member of the Simplified Spelling Soesiety. The English language is notorious for complex spelling ...

There’s a reason the United States hasn’t had an official language. This didn’t dissuade President Donald Trump, who plans to formalize English as the country’s official language.

In halting its Spanish-language communications, the White House is ignoring the demographic reality of the U.S. and rejecting a long-standing tradition in American government of making key civic in… ...

A long-time goal of the far right, the English-as-an-official-language movement is one of xenophobia and racism. That’s simply at the heart of it. It’s ignorance, too.

You would think that being a native English speaker would give any world leader a massive home-court advantage.

President Donald Trump’s edict this past week declaring English as our official language is at odds with America's long traditions of meeting immigrants halfway in their heritage languages.

Throughout its history, the United States never had an official language. That is, until President Trump signed an executive order last month, making it English.

President Trump has signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S., the first such designation in the country's history.

English Language Day: History English is the most widely spoken language or a "world language" . Therefore, it is known as the lingua franca of the modern era.