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The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive

American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.

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College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books

Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.

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Juneteenth reminds us of Black Americans’ long struggle for education following end of slavery

Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.