It was supposed to be a children’s literature class. You know — talking animals, fairy tales, maybe a few Dr. Seuss rhymes if we’re feeling wild. But instead, one Texas A&M student walked into what ...

Hamas has released a video showing Israeli hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel being driven around Gaza City, purportedly on August 28. The video’s release comes after Israeli leaders rejected a ...

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 ...

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 ...

During his remarks at a bill signing event today, California Governor Gavin Newsom took a jab at President Trump's destruction of democracy. Newsom called out what he labeled "a crisis of democracy." ...

I break down what’s at stake as the Supreme Court hears Moore v. Harper—a case that could shift the balance of power in American elections. I explain how the independent state legislature doctrine ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Karrin Vasby Anderson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

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 ...