State and local language access policies are crucial for ensuring that voters can cast a ballot in a language they understand. Critically, they can expand language access to voters who have no ...

A new report says many Massachusetts residents who come to court each year still face barriers in navigating the court system ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is a landmark law that created legal procedures to stop race-based discrimination in voting and move the country closer to an inclusive and representative democracy ...

THE National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) has lauded the Supreme Court for its landmark decision to institutionalize the use of Filipino Sign Language (FSL) in all courts across the country ...

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire -08/10/12)- Commissioner of Official Languages Graham Fraser today released Language Rights 2009-2011, a one-of-a-kind publication that reviews the major language rights ...

Language access in healthcare is a crucial component in minimising inequities among patient populations with limited proficiency in the dominant language. Extensive research has demonstrated that ...

The latest presidential executive order designating English as the official language of the United States while simultaneously rescinding Executive Order 13166 is a shameful and unconstitutional ...

Mark Turin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo. Ross Perlin has received funding from the National Science ...