Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of leadership, culture & equity in business. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 01: An immigrants rights ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Haylee Bohm. In the state of Michigan, students are required to take two years of the ...

The notion of making English the official language of the United States is not only misguided, it's harmful. It threatens the cultural identity of millions of people, including me and my community. On ...

I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975, and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our arrival, ...

This Valentine's Day, consider asking your partner, "What's your love language?" The 5 Love Languages®—gift giving, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch—were ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

Nor should you assume your ancestors spoke a generic version of any language. There were variations in the basic language depending on the area your ancestors came from. People in Sicily didn’t speak ...

It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we often forget about, as we ...

In the age of expanding fascism, the power of language is not only fragile but increasingly threatened. As Toni Morrison has noted, “language is not only an instrument through which power is exercised ...