The Trump administration has made no secret of its desire to upend the Department of Education as it currently functions. It plans to lay off at least half of the department's workforce, more than ...

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University of Salford provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect ...

Last school year, Massachusetts teacher Andrew Swan started to feel like the assignments he had long relied on to illustrate how government works for his students were falling short. In one, his 8th ...

A rousing defense of public education as the cornerstone of American democracy, by the woman attacked by the far right as "the most dangerous person in the world" Attacks on schools and teachers have ...

On Oct. 25, 2023, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, stood before his colleagues and the world in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives. It was his first speech since his unlikely rise from ...

Accra, Sept 02, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has lauded Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament for initiating the Democracy Cup Trophy. “This cup is not just a trophy; it ...

Seth Meyers defended fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after Kimmel was suspended. Disney-owned ABC said it was removing Kimmel over his remarks on Charlie Kirk's death. President Donald Trump also ...

The EU's new political advertising regulations, which come into force in October 2025, resulted in Meta and Google platforms choosing to discontinue political and social advertising throughout Europe.

Israel’s military says it now controls 40% of Gaza City as its forces expand their assault on densely populated residential areas, including camps for displaced Palestinians. Israeli attacks so far ...

Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PHILADELPHIA, September 17, 2025 – Visit Philadelphia and TED today opened an international speaker search for TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding ...

Israel continues to bombard Gaza City, ordering the full evacuation of the city’s residents to the so-called safe zone of al-Mawasi. Around 800,000 Palestinians are already sheltering in al-Mawasi, ...