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An offshore wind farm near Copenhagen, Denmark, with rows of tall wind turbines rising from the sea alongside a small historic island fortress under a partly cloudy blue sky.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 26, 2026

How Denmark's wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoilv

While the U.S. pulls back from wind energy, Denmark has gone all in — and it's paying off. Explore how one small country's bet on renewables is shielding it from the global energy crisis, and what the U.S. could learn from it.

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Matthew Lucas, a bald man wearing glasses and a dark zip-up hoodie, holds a smartphone and uses GPS to document a grave site. Beside him, his wife Brenda Lucas, also wearing glasses and a matching dark hoodie, reviews printed research materials. They stand in a small rural Ohio cemetery surrounded by lush green trees in early spring. Several small American flags are planted in the grass around them, with aged and weathered headstones visible in the background. The image is a video still from Judy Woodruff's
PBS News Hour Classroom May 25, 2026

How One Community Honors the Graves of Revolutionary War Veterans

Somewhere in Ohio, a volunteer has driven more than 6,000 miles looking for the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers — and he's found over 700. As America turns 250, here's the story of the people preserving history one grave at a time.

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The U.S. Supreme Court building photographed from below against a dramatic overcast sky, with tall marble columns and classical architecture visible in the foreground.
Andy Kratochvil May 21, 2026

What Is the “Shadow Docket,” and Why Does It Matter?

Have you ever had a big decision made about your life—what rules you follow, where you can go, what you’re allowed to do—without anyone explaining why?

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Dr. Craig Spencer, associate professor of public health and emergency medicine at Brown University, speaks with PBS NewsHour via video call about the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola strain outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 20, 2026

Doctors Share Latest Concerns About Ebola Virus

A rare strain of Ebola — one with no approved vaccine or treatment — is spreading fast in central Africa, and an American has now contracted the disease. Here's what doctors are warning, and why global health cuts make this moment especially dangerous.

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Luke Gulbranson, a reality TV personality running for Congress, poses with two supporters at a campaign event. A supporter holds a campaign sign reading "Luke Gulbranson" with a campaign logo featuring a rural landscape.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 18, 2026

How Reality TV Stars Seeking Office Are Changing Politics

From The Apprentice to the Oval Office — Donald Trump wasn't the first. Now a wave of reality TV stars is running for Congress. What does it mean for democracy when fame becomes a campaign strategy?

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A map of Virginia's congressional districts showing the voter-approved redistricting plan that was struck down by the state's Supreme Court in May 2026. Western districts are shaded red and eastern districts are shaded blue against a dark navy background.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 13, 2026

Virginia's Supreme Court Tosses Voter-Approved Redistricting Plan

Virginia voters approved a new congressional map — then the state's Supreme Court threw it out. With redistricting battles heating up across the country, what does this mean for who gets represented in Congress?

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A digital illustration of two red glowing hands reaching through a computer monitor to type on a keyboard, with streams of binary code trailing from the wrists, symbolizing a cyberattack on an educational platform.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 12, 2026

Cyberattack on Canvas Platform Highlights Vulnerabilities and Risks for Schools

You probably use Canvas every day — but did you know hackers just broke into it and may have stolen data from millions of students? Here's what happened, what it means for your privacy, and what schools need to do next.

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Two side-by-side maps of Tennessee's congressional districts showing the before and after of Republican-approved redistricting. The top map shows District 9 in blue, representing Memphis's majority-Black Democratic stronghold. The bottom map shows the same area redrawn and absorbed into surrounding red Republican districts.
PBS News Hour Classroom May 11, 2026

Tennessee’s New Congressional Map Sparks Protest

Tennessee just became the first state to redraw its congressional map following a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act. Democrats walked out in protest — and one senator stood on her desk. Here's what happened and why it matters.

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Dr. Elizabeth Bukusi of the Kenya Medical Research Institute speaks on camera during a PBS NewsHour interview about the impact of the America First Global Health Strategy on HIV prevention in Kenya.
PBS News Hour Classroom April 29, 2026

'America First' Aid Policy Reshapes How U.S. Delivers Global Health Assistance

The U.S. dismantled USAID — and now countries like Kenya and Uganda are being asked to eventually foot the bill for their own health programs. What does America's new global health strategy mean for millions of people living with HIV?

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A group of deer rest in a grassy meadow in Yosemite National Park, with towering granite cliffs, dense pine forests, and a blue sky in the background.
PBS News Hour Classroom April 28, 2026

What Is the Future of America's National Parks?

More than 323 million people visited America's national parks last year — and 26 parks broke attendance records. So why is the Trump administration proposing to cut $1 billion from the National Park Service?

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