For the money the U.S. is spending on war with Iran, it could be covering food stamps for 41 million people or Medicaid for 16 million people.
Youth
Posted inTechnology
The Unregulated AI Experiment on America’s Children
Some states have crafted consumer protection laws aimed at shielding kids from AI chatbots despite opposition from Big Tech.
Posted inPolitics
The 2026 Elections: Resisting the Rigging
As Trump becomes more desperate, citizen resistance only grows.
Posted inEducation in America
It’s a Dreary Day in the Neighborhood
PBS Kids is feeling the effects of funding cuts—and so will the rest of the children’s media landscape.
Posted inSports
The Roots of the Youth Sports Gold Rush
Steve Griffin got in on the ground floor with the John D. Rockefeller of youth sports. The climb out of the basement taught him that finance and kids’ sports are a toxic mix.
Posted inSports
The Scourge of Online Sports Betting
States and leagues must face up to the damage from app-based gambling for the next generation of bettors, most of them young men.
Posted inPolitics
A Young Pennsylvanian Shows Up and Wins
Last year, one Gen Zer threw his hat into his town’s mayoral race. He’s now in charge of Carnegie’s comeback.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Transphobic Mask Is Off
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene drew up a bill making it a federal felony to provide pediatric transition care of any kind. The ultimate goal is a ban on all trans health care and the end of civil rights for trans people.
Posted inLaw and Justice
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended detention of hundreds of children.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Health Care Cuts Are a War on Children
GOP funding cuts mean that more children will grow up with the lifelong implications of untreated illnesses.