You'll be told: "Everyone knows that" or "This is simply the way things are done". But do some research and you might discover that things are different.

For years, international mining companies have extracted raw cobalt from communities and villages across the DRC and ...

So many people avoid reading news they expect to be depressing. But checking in with established journalists might just help ...

So much information bombards us. But to sort it all out we can turn to ethical journalists and reliable news sites.

The world's most prestigious prize is awarded each year for efforts towards world peace. But figuring out who gets it? That's cause for strife.

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Albania, Mother Teresa embodied many qualities that are held sacred in the Catholic Church — charity, humility, devotion — and she won the Nobel Peace Prize along with ...

The global toy industry has a plastics predicament: How to feed children’s appetite for new toys, keep prices low and not harm the Earth in the process. Plastic is omnipresent in our lives and few ...

After massive floods in Valencia, fake news messages on the internet seemed targeted to intensify chaos and undermine trust in the authorities. A mud-covered car in a garage destroyed by floods in ...

For decades, doctors have worried about bird flu becoming a global pandemic. With cases now in the United States, is it time for the rest of us to worry? This article was produced exclusively for News ...

If a child is old enough to learn to read, it’s time to teach them to be media literate. But how to implement that in schools takes some problem solving skills. A teen shrugs at the difference between ...

Much of the news people consume is produced by newswires. Their reporters keep their opinions to themselves so you can make up your own mind about world events. A microphone from a reporter from the ...

Schools are limiting how and when teens can use their phones. But some students say: Maybe give us a heads up first and ask what we think? Teens use phones in a school hallway even though a chalkboard ...