Middle East

From Public to Private: Gaza’s Genocide Economy Is Reshaping Daily Life

Hassan Abo Qamar / Prism Apr 15, 2026 Public services such as education and electricity have become expensive private commodities amid a complete collapse of public infrastructure. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Education

Can Screen Bans Help Solve the Reading Crisis?

Lily Altavena / Chalkbeat Mar 26, 2026 A rural Michigan school district could be the test case for those leading the backlash against screen time in schools. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Back To School Break

Christopher Weyant Aug 21, 2025 Dig deeper

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Back to School Tariffs

Jeff Koterba Aug 4, 2025 Dig deeper

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Back to School Trump Personal Attacks

Rick McKee Aug 22, 2024 Dig deeper

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Back to School?

Christopher Weyant Sep 7, 2023 Dig deeper

‘This Is Not a Drill’: WHO Urges the World to Fight Virus

MATT SEDENSKY and JOHN LEICESTER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 With 17 times as many new infections outside China as in it, Italy and Iran close schools; travel and events are canceled; and markets yo-yo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children’s Data

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2020 State official says information being mined at schools includes locations, websites visited, videos watched, passwords and contact lists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Puerto Rico, Military Schools to Lose Money for Trump’s Border Fencing

ANDREW TAYLOR and LOLITA C. BALDOR / The Associated Press Sep 5, 2019 The Pentagon says it will divert $3.6 billion from projects in the U.S. and overseas; outraged Democrats say they won't re-fund them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Florida Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers

BRENDAN FARRINGTON / The Associated Press May 8, 2019 The measure implements recommendations from a commission formed after the Parkland high school mass shooting in 2018. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

McCarthyite Censorship Is Seeping Into Our Schools

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Dec 31, 2018 Bahia Amawi is suing the Texas school district that fired her after she refused to pledge she wouldn't participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

DeVos Weighs Federal Funding for Arming Teachers

Ilana Novick Aug 23, 2018 The Department of Education is exploring the idea of using a grant program to put guns in schools, a departure from decades of education policy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )