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Nearly 100 Illinois high schools are part of an initiative to strengthen civics education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin went to their ...

While this may be a good time to take advantage of the public’s attention, it’s also a time when teachers increasingly fear ...

Stacy Lickteig, senior manager of community engagement for Omaha Public Library, shares progress as construction continues on Omaha Public Library’s new Central Library at 72nd and Dodge Streets in ...

We speak with the acclaimed filmmakers Raoul Peck and Alex Gibney about their latest documentary, Orwell: 2+2=5, which explores the life and career of George Orwell and why his political writing ...

This is the Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette outlet store, and if regular thrift stores are like fishing in a pond, this place is like deep-sea trawling in an ocean of donated goods. The ...

Tucked away in Chino, California, Joey’s BBQ stands as a meaty oasis in a desert of kale smoothies and avocado toast. This isn’t a place that’s trying to win Instagram followers – it’s winning hearts ...

The nation’s top economic statistician was fired. Central bank independence is being undermined. The federal government is buying chunks of private companies and demanding cuts of revenue streams.

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

Recent data showed that ChatGPT is referencing Reddit less. ChatGPT is an important traffic driver for Reddit, although it pales in comparison to Google Search at this point. The social media platform ...

A new Quinnipiac poll released this week found that more than half of Americans think that democracy isn’t working in the U.S., but “The View” host Alyssa Farah Griffin isn’t sure that’s true.

Most Americans learn as schoolchildren that our country is the greatest democracy in the world. Democracy is part of our national myth and, as such, the pretext for many of our most consequential and ...