This Pew Research Center analysis explores attitudes on the importance of language, customs and traditions, birthplace, and religion as components of national identity in 23 countries in North America ...

Pacific Islanders at a more diverse school in Utah pronounced vowels subtly differently than students in a predominantly white school, in line with the theory that groups differentiate along ethnic ...

In 2019, Washington, D.C.’s Pride celebrations became a flashpoint—but not just for the usual political tensions. Organizers of the annual Dyke March barred participants from carrying the Jewish Pride ...

Large majorities in the 21 countries where we fielded this question say being able to speak their country’s most common language is important to national identity. And majorities in more than ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Every ...

“True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported,” writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and ...

Nora and Arthur from the Oscar-nominated movie "Past Lives" have a loving marriage and a fulfilling creative partnership. She's a playwright. He's an author. But they are so different in so many other ...

Language contact encompasses the myriad ways in which speakers of different tongues interact, influencing one another’s phonology, grammar and lexicon. When sustained and intense, such encounters may ...

A 2023 YouGov poll found that only 21% of UK adults can hold a conversation in a language other than their mother tongue. About half of the other 79% regretted not engaging more with languages at ...

For decades, Dravidian parties turned education into a battle over identity, language and state rights. But now, with Joseph ...