By Jeff Bryant, a writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools. He is a communications consultant, freelance writer, advocacy journalist, and director of the Education Opportunity Network, a strategy…
The 2020 campaign to restore race-conscious affirmative action in California was close to gospel within the Democratic Party. It drew support from the governor, senators, state legislative leaders and a…
The Iranian journalist Niloufar Hamedi specialized in covering women’s issues. So when her editor noticed an Instagram post about a young woman in a hospital in bad shape after being…
The burning of charcoal is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the…
Federal data shows disruptions wrought by the pandemic were accompanied by widespread learning setbacks, even in states where students returned quickly to in-person learning. Some of the largest learning losses…
Political misinformation continues to swirl around the climate change discussion like a thick fog rolling in off the rising ocean. But a host of government documents and reports by researchers…
LGBTQ pride events have long been mainstay celebrations in big cities, and their presence in conservative communities and rural America has grown in recent years. Media coverage can focus on star-studded…
Meteorologists on Saturday alerted millions of residents in Puerto Rico and Texas of potentially dangerous heat conditions, with some areas expecting heat indexes over 110 degrees. Those warnings, however, are…
On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: The Trump indictment has been unsealed. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest. Four children have been found after surviving 40 days…
A Florida organization is helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical ailments get back into the civilian world. (June 10) (AP Video: Cody Jackson/Daniel Kozin)