LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Lyndon B. Johnson, or LBJ, became the 36th president after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He was serving as vice president and took over as president when Kennedy was killed. In 1964, Johnson was elected president in his… Read More

The Delta Variant Confuses – Again The Delta variant of the coronavirus is still causing confusion, and new advice is being given to deal with it. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released guidelines saying even vaccinated people should wear… Read More

Again With the COVID Just as the world was getting back to work and play, a new COVID variant called Delta is making the news. This strain of the virus appears to be more contagious than the original, but also… Read More

The history of Cuba has included many foreign actors. In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first European to step foot in Cuba. He claimed the island for Spain, even though a native population already lived there, called the Taíno. Spain… Read More

The Long-Awaited Olympics Under Covid-19 Emergency Status The 2020 Olympics was postponed one year due to the pandemic. The Olympics are back now, but with a lot of new rules. Japan is trying to figure out how to keep the… Read More

You may know Benjamin Franklin as the face on the one-hundred-dollar bill, or perhaps as one of our Founding Fathers. Or maybe you recognize his name because of his kite experiment, which proved we can get electricity from lightning. But… Read More

Cuba Libre? No Tenemos Miedo Protesters in Cuba have taken to the streets against the government to fight for freedom. On Sunday afternoon, thousands of protestors gathered to challenge the communist system, oppression, and hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read More

The French and Indian War, as it was called in the Colonies, was also known as the Seven Years’ War as well as the Second Hundred Years’ War in Europe. Later, Winston Churchill termed it the first world war since… Read More

President Donald Trump Visits the US-Mexico Border Former President Trump visited the Rio Grande sector in Texas with other Republicans this past week at the invitation of Governor Greg Abbott. This sector is the hardest hit section in terms of… Read More

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) was the 34th president of the United States. Eisenhower had been a general during World War II and was one of the few who opposed using the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Early… Read More

Tragedy in Miami The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, FL, which is near Miami, collapsed. Nine have been confirmed dead and there are more than 150 people are still missing as the search continues. The Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read More

Leonardo Fibonacci (1170-1240) may have been the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. He was born and raised in the Italian city-state Pisa. As a boy, he traveled the Mediterranean region with his father and brought back new… Read More