Virginia ranked 18th among states in health, as the rate of childhood obesity declined by nearly 20%. The state ranked near ...

Six years later, the result is “Young Firecrackers,” a five-part memoir written by Rehn and four of his high school friends who survived addiction: Ashley Mercurio, Ryan Bernstein, Andrew Theriot and ...

Seeking to ban books like “Bathe the Cat” has less to do with morality than it does with a yearning for control.

Chris Washburn turned 59 in May. For much of his life, it’s not something he thought he’d ever see. “I didn’t think I’d be 25 ...

Maris Kreizman writes about the way police are mythologized in popular culture in this excerpt from her book 'I Want to Burn ...

Despite dire statistics, advocates say there is hope — and progress — in American cities, where investments in youth programs are beginning to improve outcomes for Black students.

This will be the second year Worcester Public Schools uses a new summer reading program for students in key grades.

Teenagers sit in inflatable chairs in a dorm lobby, holding cups of fruit punch and trading laptops that are open to short ...

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.

A.J. Schwarz was a warm, polite boy who loved school. His stepmother degraded him so deeply he thought he was "garbage," then ...

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Aniruddha Roy has held that when the statutory process has been properly followed, any perceived procedural error or misapplication of law does not amount ...