When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first moment I put my feet in the immigration hall at Miami International Airport.

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This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and who champion inclusion. It also highlights initiatives that could be applied to other scientific workplaces. Japanese biologist ...

Researchers whose first language is not English can spend around twice as long reading an English-language scientific journal article as native speakers. For a PhD student working on their thesis, ...

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Americans are divided over the fact that English has been deemed the official language of the United States under the new Trump administration. U.S. citizens throughout the country told Fox News ...

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. It ...

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Now that President Trump has signed an executive order to close the Department of Education, it may be hard to muster concern about his effort to make English the official language of the United ...