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

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.

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.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Part 1 by David Crystal (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2003) A History of the English Language by Albert C Baugh and Thomas Cable ...

English should be the official language of the United States, says an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on March 1, 2025. The move followed the Trump administration’s termination ...

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… ...

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.

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.

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