English-Only

I can't give the column away, but here's a quote: "English-Only laws are, at best, empty symbolism and, at worst, xenophobic, race-tinged proposals that imperil programs that can help non-English students and adults attain English proficiency."

Silly bill David 2008

The Significance of Spanish in English-Only Times addresses the cross-pollination of the English and Spanish languages in the U.S.

Steven W. Bender Interview - Reading Local: Portland 2009

The Significance of Spanish in English-Only Times, which explores the Spanish language as it relates to American culture; and Everyday Law for Latino/as, a guide to legal matters affecting everyday Latino/a life.

Portland Author Profile: Steven Bender - Reading Local: Portland 2009

Although Obama's comments also included unwavering agreement for the need for immigrants to speak English, English-Only Luddites have oozed out of the woodwork.

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: Obama's Right: More Americans Should Learn a Second Language 2008

English First has a handy list of states that have English-Only laws, as well as which ones have been overturned.

ADVOCATING FOR ENGLISH…AND AGAINST PUERTO RICO » Sociological Images 2008

(APPLAUSE) DOBBS: When we come back: The English-Only movement is gaining momentum across The country.

CNN Transcript May 6, 2007 2007

(APPLAUSE) DOBBS: When we come back: The English-Only movement is gaining momentum across The country.

CNN Transcript May 2, 2007 2007

Every semester in my HEL class I do a one-day lecture on the English-Only movement, its origins and its racism and how it has class-warfare at its roots "It's all class-issues!"

English Only delagar 2006

Every semester in my HEL class I do a one-day lecture on the English-Only movement, its origins and its racism and how it has class-warfare at its roots "It's all class-issues!"

Archive 2006-07-01 delagar 2006

Of course, Nashville Councilman Eric Crafton, the author of the bill, says that his English-Only plan will "allow people the dignity of taking responsibility for their own lives and actions."

Archive 2006-12-01 2006