Share of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Growing Pew researchers said last week that 65 percent of American adults describe themselves as Christian. That is down from 77 percent in 2009. Pew also reported that both Protestant and Roman Cathol...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we take a closer look at words and expressions in the English language. We explain where they come from and how and when to use them. There are many times in life when we ha...
In some ways, higher education is a self-serving experience. People often seek a college education because they want to improve their lives. Or, they want to increase their chances at gaining well-paying, interesting and meaningful employment. Even i...
New Rulers Bring Royal Family Closer to Ordinary Japanese Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are bringing changes to one of the worlds oldest royal families. The two have spoken with foreign visitors in English. They laugh with children and...
Indonesia Blames Boeing Design, Other Problems for Deadly Lion Air Crash Indonesian investigators say a combination of design problems and other issues were to blame for a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet crashing shortly after it left Jakarta last year. The inv...
New York City will finally honor real women with a statue in its famous Central Park. City officials voted this week for the creation of a statue of three female civil rights leaders. Central Park has 23 statues of men who were important in history,...
Before we begin our story, let us go back 300 years to the late 1600s. In those years, one of the most famous men in the world was Captain William Kidd. Captain Kidd was a pirate. He sailed the seas, capturing any ships he found. He and his men took...
Today we answer a question from Sandra M. Question: She writes, Hello! Could you tell me, please, what the difference is between 'each' and 'every Which option is correct: each cell or every cell? Answer: Dear Sandra, Thank you for writing to us. Yes...
Public Might Not Know about Attacks on US Election Systems It is no secret that foreign computer hackers are targeting election systems in the United States. 外国计算机黑客正在瞄准美国的选举系统，这不是什么秘密。 Government...
Saitoti Petro is trying to change his neighbors ideas about lions. Petro lives in northern Tanzania, where people and lions have lived together for as long as anyone can remember. But that relationship is uneasy. Petro is one of more than 50 lion mon...
