Nowadays, there seem to be very few things that Americans can agree on. However, when nearly 60% of Americans believe that teachers are underpaid, according to a September 2018 survey from USA Today, you would have expected some sort of meaningful...

A group of friends stand in line at a crowded restaurant when suddenly one of them hears the person in front speaking French, their native language. They initiate a conversation in French, while the rest of the group stands off to the side, listening...

   Sign language has existed for thousands of years. However, up until the mid-20th century, in America it was considered “broken English,” a mode of communication that was less sophisticated than the spoken tongue.    Zulma Santiago-Zayas, Professor...

   The English language is always changing. Every year, depending on prevalent topics in society, new words and definitions emerge or fall out of use.    Through social movements and slang, words like “normalizing,” “hellacious,” “jedi,”...