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U.S.C. Cut the Valedictorian’s Graduation Speech. Now, the Celebrities Are Out, Too.

Jon M. Chu, the director of “Crazy Rich Asians,” and Billie Jean King were set to be among the featured…

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America Has No Official Language. Instead It Has Hundreds.

Nearly 400 years ago, Walloon-speaking religious refugees from near what is today roughly the French-Belgian border arrived in a Lenape-speaking…

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The Eat-Your-Own Caucus Has Found Its New Leader. Or Has It?

When he was governor of California, Ronald Reagan popularized what became known as his 11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak…

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Scalise, a McCarthy Rival, Seeks to Unite Republicans in Taking His Place

The second-ranking Republican, who was cut out of major decisions by the previous speaker, is pitching himself as uniquely positioned…

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Here Are the Republicans Vying to Replace McCarthy as House Speaker

The No. 2 Republican and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee appear to be in the strongest positions in the…

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‘Our Language Is Dying’

The struggle to save Gagauz, a Turkic tongue used by dwindling numbers of people in an ethnic enclave of Moldova,…

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Reporting in Yiddish, Without Speaking Yiddish

In an Australian community working to preserve its identity, a journalist found subjects with plenty of questions for her.

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A Yiddish Haven Thrives in Australia

Australia has the largest proportion of Holocaust survivors of any country besides Israel. In Melbourne, some of their descendants are…

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