Lenore T. Adkins
U.S. cracks down on COVID-19 scams
The U.S. Department of Justice shut down a website pushing a bogus COVID-19 vaccine. Learn how the agency is protecting Americans from other scams.
Ida B. Wells receives posthumous Pulitzer Prize
Ida B. Wells has been honored for her outstanding and courageous reporting on lynching in America. Read on to learn more about her work and legacy.
The American Red Cross helps those who suffer
When Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881, it helped Americans recover from natural disasters. Learn how its mission expanded — to the world.
U.S. military has long worked to stop contagions
Learn how the U.S. military has deployed its resources throughout its history to help the rest of the world fight off global pandemics.
How America beat polio
It took an entire country to snuff out polio. Learn how Americans stepped up to defeat it and how one of the vaccines is reducing it abroad.
U.S. states and localities offer ballots in many languages
Read on to learn why ballots in American elections are offered in so many different languages and what some of those languages are.
U.S. invests in Kenyans building a reliable food supply
Learn how a $5 million loan from the new U.S. International Development Finance Corporation will help support women and boost food security in Kenya.
U.S. leadership on global health is unmatched
Learn how the U.S. government has spent the last four decades responding to international pandemics and supporting people in the affected countries.
It was their ‘duty’ to vote on Super Tuesday
Super Tuesday voters and election workers in the state of Virginia weigh in on one of the foundations of American democracy: voting.