In the late 1990s, primary school teacher Antonio La Cava grew alarmed that students in his home region of Basilicata, in southern Italy, felt no connection with the books that had shaped his own ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

A vital library in the St. Paul community is set to close at the end of this year for safety renovations, but not everyone is on board with the change. In the 2025 budget, the city council set aside ...