Most Marylanders say they keep up with state politics but many struggle to answer basic questions about how their government works, according to a new statewide poll from the University of Maryland, ...

The vast majority of the American electorate lacks basic knowledge of how their government works, according to a recent study conducted ahead of President's Day. More than 7 in 10 Americans failed a ...

Education advocates are pushing for stronger national civics standards as data shows most U.S. students lack a basic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, a concerned school counselor posted on Reddit, sharing some of their observations about the level of knowledge of their ...

A new study from a pair of Penn State researchers finds that passing the US Citizenship Test as a high school graduation requirement does nothing to improve youth voter turnout. Within the last decade ...

Republicans are systematically eroding the basic civil rights of the American people. As we are seeing in other countries that are experiencing what experts describe as “democratic backsliding,” ...

President Joe Biden's nominee for a federal judgeship in Washington state is facing scrutiny for what critics call an insufficient resume after already triggering backlash over her nomination when she ...

You’ve bought a house! Congratulations! No more landlord or rent to pay – and no maintenance man or building superintendent to call for help when you have a question or problem. As a new homeowner, it ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, commonly referred to as "FINRA," is a private organization authorized to regulate all U.S. broker-dealers. In 2003, FINRA established the FINRA Investor ...

ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP IN JANUARY, WE’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE HAVE OR DON’T HAVE OF THE HOLOCAUST. YEAH. THE CONFERENCE OF JEWISH ...

The pandemic has rolled back decades of economic progress and wrought havoc on public finances. To build back better and fight climate change, sizable public investment needs to be sustainably ...