Last night the Department of Justice subpoenaed reporters from the New York Times over a story the newspaper published on Wednesday.

A wide range of Democratic voices are in the process of shaping new political language to move their party, and the country, forward.

Brian Bilston – Revealed! I had a new book come out recently. It purports to be “an alternative guide to writing and enjoying poetry”: a fondly facetious exploration of the “craft” of poetry,…

Yolen, who authored The Devil's Arithmetic and the picture book Owl Moon, was an author's author — known for gathering loved ones in her Massachusetts home and collaborating with her friends and…

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We must broaden our definition of good children’s books.

On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “[t]hat six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in Virginia; that each company cons...

A year ago, Air India flight AI171 crashed, killing all but one of the passengers and crew. The morning after, our headteacher at Barlby Primary School asked the Early Years team to meet him as soo…

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had good news for the American people when he gave his twenty-ninth Fireside Chat on June 5, 1944.

Life was good in 1889 for the more than fifty wealthy industrialists who belonged to Pennsylvania’s South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.

Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and former U.S.

Yesterday the Department of Justice announced it is creating a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate what it calls victims of the Department of Justice under former President Joe Bide...

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Seventy-two years ago tomorrow, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v.

There is a frenzied feeling to the news coming from the White House these days.

Today Assistant Attorney General Brett A.

On April 25, 1945, delegates from fifty nations met in San Francisco to establish a permanent forum for international cooperation: the United Nations.

Virginia voters yesterday agreed to a constitutional amendment that would temporarily redistrict the state if any other state redistricted for partisan reasons: that is, in retaliation for the partisa...

There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus.

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

There are signs the political game has changed in the United States since Hungarian voters rejected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s leadership on Sunday, April 12.

On April 12, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind ...

On April 8, 1865, General Ulysses S.

For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

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Nearly a quarter of teens sleep 5 hours or less per night and the majority sleep less than 8 hours. The problem is pervasive and technology doesn't seem to be the main culprit, according to a new report.

March 15 is a crucially important day in U.S.

ALT: the sun is setting over the ocean with clouds in the sky .

The Reverend Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026, at age 84.

Early this morning, the U.S.