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Cancer in Chinese

After starting chemotherapy, I was desperate to find someone who could speak to the doctor.
Posted: 5/13/2008

News: Chumash Dictionary, City Hall Spanish

Samala Language Revitalization Effort for Chumash Indians, More City Hall Communications in Spanish
Posted: 5/8/2008

News: Healthcare Woes; AZN Over, Out

Healthcare in L.A. Still Limited by Language, Comcast Pulls the Plug on AZN Television
Posted: 4/9/2008

Cosmic City

What if "multilingual" isn't just an adjective that describes Los Angeles? What if multilingual is who we are and want to be?
Posted: 3/20/2008

Reggae Sounds

African and other languages make Thursday nights at a Hollywood dance club.
Posted: 3/18/2008

Stranded off Venice

I found out how it feels not to speak the majority language abroad, then at home.
Posted: 3/18/2008

News: N-word Ban, Obamanovela

LA Follows NYC with N-word Ban, Obama Backers Make Bilingual YouTube Series
Posted: 12/10/2007

News: Census, Strike at Courts

56 Percent Speak 'Foreign' Language at Home, Court Interpreters Can't Get Pay Hike
Posted: 11/5/2007

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Posted: 10/25/2007

News: LA Emmys, Delayed by Arabic

Spanish TV Wins "Serious" L.A. Emmys, Plane Delayed When Arabic Spoken, Translators Needed for Neighborhood Meetings
Posted: 9/4/2007

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Posted: 7/25/2007

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Posted: 6/12/2007

Outrage in the City

Translated ballots ought to have a unifying effect on the population.
Posted: 5/31/2007

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Posted: 3/24/2007

Caught Reading

Kids are taking the "silent" out of Sustained Silent Reading—and making it "secret."
Posted: 3/13/2007

Here to Havana

Ben Caldwell, a filmmaker and founder of a community arts organization, wants to change attitudes about language and race.
Posted: 2/27/2007

Hot Spot

North Hollywood speaks Armenian, English, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish.
Posted: 2/23/2007

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Posted: 2/16/2007

Hot Spot

Where to go to hear Korean, Vietnamese, and Spanish? Yep, Chinatown.
Posted: 2/1/2007

Maps on Us

Maps of L.A.'s languages leave a lot out of the picture.
Posted: 2/1/2007

Million-Dollar Babies

There's method in the madness of celebrity baby names.
Posted: 2/1/2007

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Posted: 2/1/2007

Welcome to LALA

It's a magazine about speech and a city. It's a local take on globalization. Sometimes it's a peek at what linguists and other academics do for a living. It's staffed by UCLA students.
Posted: 2/1/2007