Italian has similarities to Spanish in speech and structure. Italian has musical qualities in its speech, so children enjoy pronouncing the language. Also, Italian has many cognates to English, so ...

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Too many Americans today can’t speak a second language, or even speak and write English sufficiently, writes Lynne Agress.

He loves heavy metal, speaks the broadest "Monnemerisch" and fills arenas: On his 50th birthday, Bülent Ceylan looks back on ...

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This system criminalizes all people who are displaced—migrants certainly, but also the unemployed and homeless who lose jobs in rich countries. Workers are pitted against each other, and political ...

Mitchel Angelos, who turned 100 Jan. 14, lived an adventure that included growing up in abject poverty, serving during WW II ...

Wisconsin agencies are navigating funding losses and layoffs after the Trump administration halted most refugee admissions. Some are resettling South Africans under a controversial Trump program, ...