The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...

In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends ...

During the one-year term she won through a civics education program, Roslyn Fortin will advocate for community-level ways ...

On Veterans' Day, middle schoolers from 39 states convened in Washington to put their civics knowledge to the test and competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee. I was ...

Frank Chouraqui is a non-active member of the Dutch political party Groenlinks-PvdA (center left) We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris thanked her supporters for "standing up for our democracy" and the "rule of law" on Friday at the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) annual winter meeting in Los ...

Does the persuasive power of AI chatbots spell the beginning of the end for democracy? In one of the largest surveys to date exploring how these tools can influence voter attitudes, AI chatbots were ...

Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year’s best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life. Are you hoping to inspire a young reader in your life with ...

They’re not making existential crises like they used to. Biblical floods, ice ages, flaming asteroids screaming towards Earth certainly threaten existence. Texas gerrymandering? Not so much. Earlier ...

Virginia Eubanks is a journalist, writer and political scientist at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her most recent book is Automating Inequality (2018). In Rewiring Democracy, ...

Donald Trump has made history – the federal government shutdown has now lasted over 40 days. Through this perverse achievement, his administration has jeopardized food access for 42 million people who ...