Political pressure is prompting more than a third of social studies teachers to axe some topics from their lessons, according to a new survey. The poll, from the education nonprofit and advocacy group ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ordinary days or weeks roll by. Then, in an instant, we know that things have changed, and we're on an unknown path. These ...

Eight decades ago, a Missouri-born president accompanied British Statesman and Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he delivered the most prominent speech of his career.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On this Father’s Day, please permit a look at some political lessons I learned from my father. Haywood H. Hillyer III, who died 15 years ago this spring, was one of those political volunteer leaders ...

When racial justice protests roiled cities across America at the depths of the pandemic, President Trump, then in his first term, demonstrated restraint. Threats to invoke the Insurrection Act and to ...

Happy Thursday! In today’s newsletter, we examine historical lessons on building coalitions in times of deep political divisions, the President’s push for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, ...

Imagine a leader leaving suddenly, causing more drama than a TV show finale. The Czech Republic’s Topolanek exit was more than just a policy change. It was a lesson in political drama. When a leader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Breaking the News" writer James Fallows says political gun murders have written too much of the American story. But when ...