WHY INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ARE IMPORTANT?
February 24, 2021
Picture a person who speaks four different languages. Do you envision someone well-dressed, educated, and well-traveled? Someone quite wealthy and with a good job? This
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New Study Reveals Significant Disability Bias in Health Care
February 15, 2021
As 2020 Census data will further reveal upon public release, the United States is an increasingly diverse country. Language, race, sexual orientation, disability, sexual identity,
The Future of Telemedicine. Pandemic Lessons to be Learned
February 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways we communicate and interact, with social distancing and virtual communications such as telehealth and telemedicine establishing themselves as
COVID-19 Vaccines. Too Critical for a Language Barrier
January 13, 2021
With the public release and administration of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, there is much information for government agencies, businesses, and health care providers
Video Remote Interpreting – Just get it Right. A Federal Appeals Court Decides
January 6, 2021
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) is a valuable communication tool, made even more so by the virtual communication realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, like many
2 US citizens Detained for Speaking Spanish in Montana Settle Case Against Border Patrol
November 30, 2020
Last year, I wrote a blog about two U.S. citizens, Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez, who were detained by the US Border Patrol in a
Language Assistance on Election Day. It’s the Law
November 30, 2020
Election 2020 is finally over. States are completing all requested recounts. Counties and states are certifying their election results. All along the way, many election
Voting culture around the world.
November 12, 2020
Long lines wrapping school buildings, gymnasiums and public libraries; these are the typical locations where people have camped out for past and present presidential elections.
Indigenous Language Needs in a Pandemic – “Not allowing people to communicate in their native language is almost a death sentence”
October 20, 2020
While Spanish is the predominant language spoken in Central America and Mexico, indigenous and Mesoamerican languages abound here as well. These languages, such as Mixteco
Maryland suburb steps up response to COVID-19 in its Latino communities
October 8, 2020
According to the Washington Post: “Latinos across the country have been devastated by the deadly virus, in part because many are front-line workers who cannot telecommute, which
What Happens Now – The Death of Justice Ginsburg and the Affordable Care Act’s Language Access Rules
September 23, 2020
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is widely considered one of the best high court litigators of her time and a Justice
Fear and language barriers hinder COVID-19 contact-tracing
September 14, 2020
In the current pandemic, experts opine that contact-tracing is one of the most important tools for containing viral infections and identifying people who may test
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