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A massive fireball and billowing clouds of smoke rise into the night sky during the explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 28, 2026.

PBS News Hour Classroom June 02, 2026

What's Next for Mission to Moon After Blue Origin Rocket Explosion?

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad last week, and no one was hurt. But the blast could shake NASA's plans to put astronauts back on the moon. Here's what happened and what comes next for the Artemis mission.

Three students examine museum displays and historical documents, including a black-and-white portrait photograph, at the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

PBS News Hour Classroom June 01, 2026

New Museum Spotlights Thaddeus Stevens' Abolitionist Legacy

Most Americans have never heard of Thaddeus Stevens, yet he helped write the 13th and 14th Amendments. A new museum in Pennsylvania is changing that, and student reporters went to find out why his story still matters today.

PBS News Hour Classroom May 29, 2026

Texas Primaries Lead to High-Profile Senate Clash

Ken Paxton just beat a sitting U.S. senator in the most expensive Senate primary in American history. Now he faces Democrat James Talarico in what could be one of the most watched races of the 2026 midterms. What does this mean for Texas, and for the future of the Republican Party?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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.