The pope's upcoming visit to Cuba and meeting with Fidel Castro is being depicted as a sort of ideological shootout: believer vs. atheist, Catholic vs. Communist, Old World vs. New. But the reality is much more complex.

Real and imaginary events of interest to readers.

Protesters angry over fictional violence in Shakespeare's play respond with violent threats to innocent people

Have you ever wanted a postcard sized tray with a pope tweet on it?

Two state college systems have sued the department, and the changes came the same day as a scheduled court hearing

Real and imaginary events of interest to readers.

DeVos will no longer legally pursue schools for allocating relief funds to Dreamers. For many, it might be too late

The National Education Association slammed the move for its "astounding" level of "cruelty"

It's as American as rock 'n' roll, but there's a price for being an angry jerk

How two lawsuits currently being weighed in federal court could torpedo the new rule

Congressional Republicans are already regretting inviting the pontiff to address them in the state capitol

DeVos assigns relief funds earmarked by Congress for low-income students to wealthy private and religious schools

Idaho spends less on schools per student than any other state. Kids are sweating, freezing and struggling to learn

The figure keeps up with inflation, but not entirely, and we're still lagging behind other industrialized countries

Dramatic, awful changes occurred on my generation's watch -- and it amounts to a fiendishly successful conspiracy