The illiteracy rate has continued its decline in China, though challenges remain for women, farmers and ethnic minorities, a senior official said yesterday. "Since 2000, the number of illiterate ...

An A to Z list of world problems that could be eased by being able to read is at the heart of a campaign launched in the U.K. today to promote Project Literacy, an international initiative to raise ...

Even in this day and age, one American adult in seven is illiterate. Fortunately, there are ways to escape from that situation. CBS News correspondent Byron Pitts looks at some personal stories of ...

Recently, the U.N. held closed-door negotiations on the future of the internet. Countries like the U.S. and Britain butted heads with the likes of Iran and Russia, debating whether or not nations can ...

For decades, our country has been setting millions of young people up for failure. We send children to school believing they will learn to read, yet the illiteracy epidemic disrupting their education ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to basketball star Steph Curry and his wife, author Ayesha Curry, about their efforts to tackle childhood illiteracy in Oakland. When Steph Curry isn't on the basketball court ...

The Covid-19 pandemic is increasing the rate of illiteracy across the globe, and if nothing is done to address it, we "won't have the next generation of scientists, healthcare workers, teachers, and ...

Henry A. Giroux is University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy at McMaster University. His books include "America at War ...