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America is brimming with Spanish-speaking bilingual residents, so get used to it

I didn’t know that the refrigerator delivery men who arrived at my home earlier this week were bilingual. It was only after I showed them my beat-up old fridge, and wondered out loud if it would fit ... read more

Black principal under fire in Upper Peninsula

Despite school improvements, unionized teachers are pressuring an Upper Peninsula school board to get rid of principal Zeke Ohan, an African American ... Street signs are bilingual. One third of the 4 ... read more

Millions of Venezuelans are Fleeing to Latin American Cities. The Region May Never be the Same.

Its residents lived in relative isolation, with the most common outsiders being the anteaters wandering in from the Amazon jungle. Then came the Venezuelans, streaming out of their country in Latin ... read more

ONE WORLD, NEW LIFE

She is the head teller. She is tall and blonde and brimming with hustle ... the statuesque teller who listens to their troubles at the credit union is living proof that America is a place where ... ... read more

With NJ supper clubs, immigrants, allies fight fear with food

Small children chased each other, yelling in English and Spanish, in the basement of a Freehold Borough church, as their parents served platters brimming ... Some residents welcome the influx of ... read more

Indiana governor breaks with lawmakers in call for hate crimes bill

My column’s headline: "America is brimming with Spanish-speaking bilingual residents, so get used to it." I wrote that headline as a matter of fact, based on statistics. In other words, as a ... read more

Shoppers in a Parallel Paradise

SLEEPY HOLLOW - WHEN Pedro Urgilès started his accounting business here more than a decade ago, there were only a handful of Spanish-speaking ... umbrella,' so I brought in umbrellas," Mr. Urgilès ... read more

Should foreign language be required in elementary school?

A Spanish-speaking bilingual student could easily become the most necessary person in America's workforce. With so many Spanish-speaking residents in America ... on many other countries to help us get ... read more

Commentary: Bilingual bashing is not new

brought with them their desire, familiarity and affection for their own language and so used those foreign language newspapers of the past to help ease their transition to America ... get. Newspaper ... read more

American Canyon evacuation center largely empty so far

“A lot of people in Calistoga are Spanish speaking, and they’re afraid to come” here because they think ICE agents will get them, said American Canyon resident Karina Servente ... the bleachers of the ... read more

Millions of Americans Are Getting Lost in Translation During Hospital Visits

“Se pegó, se pegó,” her Spanish-speaking mother cried. To the attending resident ... they will try and get by with their own rudimentary language skills.” Being bilingual only gets you so far, says ... read more