A Democratic senator has introduced bills to boost hands-on civic learning and create a national civics curriculum.

Sixteen-year-old Melisa Malo, a 10th-grader at the Gjimnazi Sami Frashëri here, first learned about the Holocaust four years ago when she attended an Albanian ...

Moms donating their breast milk to strangers, dads taking someone else’s kids to school: Minnesotans showed a basic human impulse to look out for their neighbors.

Two years ago, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book about the dangers of social-media became a best-seller—and the subject of some critical eye-rolling. Now, for many, it’s become essential.

On Friday's episode of "Real Time," host Bill Maher said "kids" nowadays "don't know what the f---" Western civilization actually is, joking that pop stars like Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan would ...

On Veterans' Day, middle schoolers from 39 states competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee. I was fortunate enough to emerge as the champion of 2024's inaugural edition of ...

Dear Abby: My husband, “Dan,” and I are separated. Our children are ages 20 and 22. Dan has just been diagnosed with some type of serious medical issue (likely life-threatening). He has shared the ...

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WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country's democracy, Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday in its annual global report, citing the Republican ...

In the wake of ruthless arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minneapolis, one Harvard political scientist is arguing something many of us have suspected for a long time: the US is ...

Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect. When the scheme ...

On Veterans' Day, middle schoolers from 39 states competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee. Emily Brubaker is a ninth grader from Anchorage, Alaska, and the 2024 National ...