I, Tonya Reexamines One of America's Biggest Sports Scandals Not long ago, Steven Rogers was watching a film documentary about Tonya Harding, an American figure skater in the 1990s. As he watched the film, Rogers thought about social class, abuse, ma...
We present the last of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers a...
Venezuelans Survive on Bitcoin In the last month, John Villar has bought plane tickets to Colombia, purchased medicine for his wife, and paid the employees of his business in Venezuela all in bitcoin. As Venezuelas national currency loses value, Vene...
African Schools Debate Whether to Teach in Local Languages Many children speak the same language at school as they do at home. However, in many parts of Africa, this is not the case. In countries south of the Sahara Desert, most children are taught i...
Families Seek News of North Korean Abductees Families of people held in North Korea want other countries not to forget their relatives. One example is Hwang In-cheols father. He was among the 47 people who were on a Korean Air Lines (KAL) airplane th...
Teens Prepare to Be Nurse Assistants Through Hands On Training People often say that the best way to learn is by doing. Right now, some high school students in Rockville, Maryland are trying that idea. They are studying nursing, including training in...
Government Agency Votes to End Net Neutrality Rule A government commission has voted to end the internet policy known as net neutrality. 美国政府一家委员会投票废除了被称之为网络中立的互联网政策。 The Federal Communication...
What People Looked Up on Google in 2017 This is Whats Trending Today Hurricane Irma, iPhone, Matt Lauer, Meghan Markle, Bitcoin, Despacito and fidget spinner are among the top Google searches for 2017. People from the United States and Caribbean isla...
Donald Trump is blaming opposition lawmakers for fueling stories that he abused women before becoming president of the United States. On Monday, 56 members of the U.S. House of Representatives called on House leaders to investigate reports of sexual...
On a recent program, we explained that knowing just a few root words in English can help you understand the meaning of hundreds more words. To refresh your memory, a root word is the simplest form of a word. For example, two forms of the root for the...
