nationalism

Belfast: The politics of bilingual signs in Northern Ireland’s capital

Amid the sleek glass of Belfast’s new transit terminal, a small sign offering an Irish welcome has sparked outrage. In a fiercely divided city, bilingualism remains a bitter sectarian battleground....

Journalism in Burkina Faso: “submit or disappear”

This spring, authorities in Burkina Faso kidnapped two leading figures of the country’s independent press in a chilling escalation of media repression “Like a seed that is sown, which germinates...

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As America narrows its linguistic identity by executive order, the fight over who gets to be heard —and in what language—returns with new urgency In 1780, one of America’s founding...

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