English (language)

There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats.

Why were so many early European books laden with self-deprecation? Blame genre conventions.

What's in a name? According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names," it depends.

Sylvia Mendez’s role in setting the stage for Brown v. Board of Education has been forgotten and overlooked.

Buckley’s seldom-acknowledged fluency in Spanish shaped his worldview—including his admiration for dictators from Spain to Chile and beyond.

How did the controversial term go from middle-school slang to verboten? The answer lies on the other side of the Atlantic.

The history of anti-racial justice rhetoric.

From “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” to “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” what do bestselling guides to self-improvement reveal about the United States?

How Ivy Litvinov, the English-born wife of a Soviet ambassador, seduced America with wit, tea and soft diplomacy.

The call to “speak English” in America has a long history that often drowns out our even longer history of diverse language use.

Used in military and football slang, the phrase dates back to at least 1960.

Conservatives backed bilingual education until it became a progressive cause.

There was little indication 166 years ago that the book would enter the canon of great American fiction.

Trump's break with tradition may be good or bad, but it's definitely different.

Tracing its emergence of as a distinct cultural institution.

Why has Michigan continued to draw so many immigrants from the Arab world, creating one of the largest Arab communities outside the Middle East?