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Foreclosure sign outside a home, symbolizing zombie mortgages reappearing and creating financial challenges for homeowners.

PBS News Hour Classroom February 09, 2026

How ‘Zombie Mortgages’ Are Coming Back to Haunt Homeowners Years Later

Zombie mortgages are resurfacing years later. In this lesson, students examine how these debts reappear and what they reveal about housing policy and consumer protections.

Immigrant food service worker packaging meals in a commercial kitchen, reflecting uncertainty faced by Haitians in the United States amid a court battle over legal status.

PBS News Hour Classroom February 06, 2026

Haitians in the U.S. Live in Fear Amid Court Battle Over Legal Status

This lesson examines how a court battle over legal status is affecting Haitians living in the United States and why the outcome matters.

Group of adults with disabilities stand in a classroom, smiling and holding handmade green-and-orange paper hats during an arts-and-crafts activity.

PBS News Hour Classroom February 04, 2026

How People with Disabilities Could Bear the Burden of Medicaid Funding Cuts

Medicaid helps millions of people with disabilities access health care and daily supports. Proposed funding cuts could change who bears the cost—and how services are delivered.

Journalist Don Lemon stands amonDon Lemon reports from inside Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where an anti-ICE protest interrupted a worship service — an incident that sparked debate over press freedom and journalist arrests.

PBS News Hour Classroom February 03, 2026

Arrests of Journalists Fuel Backlash as Anti-ICE Protests Spread From Minneapolis

As anti-ICE protests spread beyond Minneapolis, the arrests of journalists raise questions about press freedom, public protest, and civil rights.

General George Washington Resigning His Commission by John Trumbull.

PBS News Hour Classroom February 02, 2026

George Washington’s Vision for American Identity Tested 250 Years Later

As political divisions deepen, George Washington’s early warnings about unity, parties, and national identity take on renewed relevance for today’s America.

A large roadside billboard shows a photo of a child resting while text warns that measles is not just a rash and states that one in 20 children with measles develop pneumonia.

PBS News Hour Classroom January 30, 2026

Measles Cases Surged in 2025 as Vaccination Rates Dropped

As measles cases rise across the U.S., declining vaccination rates prompt new questions about public health, prevention, and community risk.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detain an individual on a snowy sidewalk near Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis during student dismissal, as immigration enforcement activity occurs near a school.

PBS News Hour Classroom January 28, 2026

How Immigration Raids Are Impacting Schools in Minneapolis

Immigration enforcement activity near a Minneapolis high school is raising questions about student safety, attendance, and trust. This lesson helps students examine what happened and why it matters for schools.

Sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom speaking about how community involvement can reduce political exhaustion in PBS NewsHour Classroom lesson.

PBS News Hour Classroom January 26, 2026

The Surprising Way to Fight Political Exhaustion

What to Know

Mourners gather at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis with flowers, candles, posters, signs and photos laid on snowy ground following the fatal shooting of a man by federal immigration officers. Some signs call for justice and reference the name Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was killed, as people protest and grieve his death.

PBS News Hour Classroom January 26, 2026

Man Killed by Federal Officers in Minnesota Was an ICU Nurse

A Minnesota ICU nurse was fatally shot by federal agents, sparking public outcry and calls for accountability. This classroom-ready lesson helps students examine the event, civil rights concerns, and media coverage.

Illustrated image of Kelly Booz and Sari Beth Rosenberg seated at a news desk in a studio setting, with the title “The AI Educator Brain: News Update” displayed behind them.

Kelly Booz January 22, 2026

AI Educator News Update: Filters, Pickles and Back-Seat Drivers

Real news. Slightly exaggerated. Always human-approved.