David Grubin

A student of Khmer descent learns Kinh language (the official Vietnamese language) at the Lac Hoa Primary School in Soc Trang province.

The language apocalypse is coming, and many tongues are already all but dead

Culture

Humans speak 6,000 languages, but half of them will disappear within the next 50 years. Even today, some ancient tongues have only one remaining speaker. The new PBS film, “Language Matters,” looks at the languages that are struggling to survive.

The World

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Looking at historical precedents for this unprecedented election

Arts, Culture & Media