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

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Learn how to practice English alone at home with simple daily habits. Improve your reading, speaking, and listening skills ...

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Our featured artist today, Robster “Rob” Evangelista, is a man of many talents. He is currently the station manager of 93.9 ...

Dennis Kelly, Levi David Addai and Ric Renton introduce their adaptation of Andy West’s acclaimed memoir The Life Inside for ...

What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome? the oldest known writing dates to around 5000 BCE. It origins are mysterious ...

The two-time Academy Award-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, who wrote and produced the music for Sinners and all five of ...

Take the personal chauffeur. Today, you may prefer a human driver who knows which potholes to avoid and which FM station ...

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Flight.” ...

Scientific breakthroughs also offer hope. A drug called lenacapavir is emerging as a more potent weapon to prevent HIV/AIDS; it can be taken by injection once every six months and virtually eliminates ...

Dostoyevsky was a tortured soul, reflected though Mitya (and more so through Raskolnikov). He posed a false dichotomy: there is a good deal of space between God and humans. It was likely hubris to ...