Children

“Ban Russian Bots.” The words shone brightly projected across Twitter headquarters. Not long after, a listener of NPR’s 1a wrote: “Wish there was a national movement, like a Quit Facebook day. If they lost a million plus U.S. users in 1…

Digital devices can be so helpful and entertaining it’s easy to forget what they don’t do to help kids grow up to be self-reliant, durable adults. In fact, many tech-savvy school kids are doing strange things like losing their balance on chairs, bumping into…

It’s mighty scary to realize we’re losing our last line of defense against life-threatening infections. Every year, more people die because antibiotics that were once highly effective no longer work. Because bacteria multiply lightning-fast, it doesn’t take…

One mom’s scribbled note helped clinch U.S. women’s right to vote. That right became legal not that long ago — in 1920. Here’s the inside story, as told by The Writer’s Almanac: