On a weekday morning, in an upscale area of Arlington, Va., the suburban silence is as thick as the foliage save for the hum of a leaf blower or an occasional car. In one of the homes, Sheba Velasco ...

#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in Mexico. Read the inspiring story of one of the grantees selected for the 2024 Mayan Language ...

Over the course of five days in January 2023, digital activists and their communities, as well as speakers of Mayan languages, gathered in Merida, Mexico for the Summit of Mayan Languages Digital ...

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — An organization in Palm Beach County is working to battle cultural and language barriers to health care, making sure there is access for the local indigenous Maya community. Staff ...

Two of the Mayan Girls, Magda Francisco (in pink) and Ramona Francisco (in denim), gather around a laptop and phone to record a Facebook Live video about measles with Guatemalan-Maya Center outreach ...

A University of Virginia language professor will join a colleague from the UVa School of Data Sciences in an effort to preserve two languages edging closure to extinctions. The National Science ...

Francisco Icala Tiriquiz spent his childhood being a translator for his family, but it wasn’t until 1995, when he witnessed the interaction between a friend and police in Los Angeles, that he decided ...

As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in ...

Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories. Three days had passed since Aroldo's father died. Aroldo was still mourning, and he couldn't even ...

POPABAJ, Guatemala (Reuters) - As Mel Gibson stirs interest in once-repressed Mayan languages with his bloody film 'Apocalypto', they are enjoying a real life renaissance in Guatemala's mountains and ...