COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for walking to class instead of stopping and reciting…

Here’s a state-by-state tally of the leaders and laggards for wind, solar and other renewable energy in 2022. A new batch of data about the country’s electricity generation shows the…

Older adults who take vitamin D may be 40% less likely to develop dementia compared with those who do not, according to a study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.“Vitamin D deficiency may be…

A culture of obsessive student achievement and long schoolwork hours can make kids depressed. By Derek Thompson This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by Derek Thompson about work, technology,…

Stories of abuse are emerging from the rubble. Meanwhile, in a misogynistic society, women’s basic needs are going unmet n Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, one of the most ravaged…

The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting. Some families are choosing between fight and flight. One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss’s 14-year-old…

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and…

People did all they could. Tens of thousands died. Nothing would be the same. It had been a snowy first week of February, an unforgiving wind whipping around the hills…