This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways... →
William Labov
You know that American dream and American spirit of innovation we always talk about? Turns out, the bulk of it was built by people who came to... →
Sarah Lacy
America has been hit by Allah at its most vulnerable point, destroying, thank God, its most prestigious buildings.
Osama bin Laden
The hostility that America continues to express against the Muslim people has given rise to feelings of animosity on the part of Muslims against... →
We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah.
If female were working in the same proportion as men do, the level of GDP would be up 27 percent in a country like India, but also up 9 percent in... →
Christine Lagarde
'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America.
John Lahr
'Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a... →
I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was... →
Padma Lakshmi
America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew... →
Richard Lamm