LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Puerto Rico in the Dark Power outages in Puerto Rico have citizens and officials demanding answers. Not long after the first power blackout just days ago, citizen complaints have grown about unreliable electric services. Luma Energy company blames an explosion… Read More

Whenever the intellectuals discuss the success of Western civilization and what inspired the most remarkable society in human history, the experts talk about ideas planted in ancient Greece and Rome and how the French, British, and Americans cultivated these thoughts… Read More

Lady Liberty Gets a Little Sister Lady Liberty has graced the harbor of New York City for generations, where she has welcomed immigrants and reminded folks that America is a melting pot of humanity. The statue was a gift from… Read More

Flag Day is here – the day Americans celebrate one of our nation’s most iconic symbols. The banner we have today has gone through many changes. The Earliest American Flags During the Revolutionary War, the colonists used several different banners…. Read More

Trained canines may be the next big thing in COVID testing. PCR tests, which is short for “polymerase chain reaction” tests, were used to detect COVID-19, but they were known to be ineffective. The New York Times reported they could… Read More

Tiananmen Square Protests on Memorial Anniversary The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations calling for democracy, free speech, and a free press in China on June 5, 1989. On that day, the Chinese government killed thousands of protesters and arrested… Read More

The small Eastern European country of Belarus is right in the middle of an international free speech controversy. While U.S. citizens can rely on the First Amendment to protect their rights to free speech and a free press, many countries… Read More

In the 1300s, the Italian scholar Petrarch came up with the term “dark ages” to describe European society between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance. He was comparing the “dark” centuries of society in… Read More

“Music begins when the possibilities of language end,” said Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, J.S. Bach … the list of titans of classical music could fill an entire concert hall. While many still… Read More

Brood X Cicadas Make a Rare Appearance Most Cicadas are annual insects – meaning they reappear each year, usually in Spring or Summer – but some are periodical broods. These spend anywhere from 13 to 17 years underground, drinking sap… Read More

Who was the “Poppy Lady,” and why is she such an important figure today? Moina Belle Michael devoted much of her adult life to supporting wounded soldiers, and she is responsible for beginning the tradition of wearing red poppies on… Read More

The fighting between Israel and Palestine has been going on since World War II, though the origins can be traced a little farther back. In 1917, the British took Palestine from the Ottoman Empire and declared a “national home for… Read More