In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

Alfaro, Ph.D., is associate vice president of international affairs and professor of multilingual and global education at San Diego State University. She lives in Escondido. The visceral and powerful ...

Last week, in a speech to Al Sharpton’s group in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke in a more “street” accent than she usually uses. Listen to it here. This caused some conservative ...