LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

Additional Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered For the first time in 60 years, ancient Bible texts have been discovered in an Israeli desert. The latest fragments, which are believed to be over 2,000 years old, are thought to have been hidden… Read More

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), the 31st president of the United States, was not a popular president at the time. Blamed for the Great Depression, it would be years after he left office before people decided that he wasn’t at fault. The… Read More

Fukushima’s Ten-Year Mark The Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 was the worst in 30 years. After a 9.1 magnitude undersea earthquake caused a tsunami, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, experienced a failure of the emergency generators. This caused… Read More

Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933) became the thirtieth president of the United States after President Warren G. Harding died suddenly. He had been visiting home in Vermont when he learned of Harding’s death. Coolidge’s father was a notary public, and… Read More

The Great Depression is perhaps the most studied and talked about economic event in the nation’s history. It was a terrible time for the country. But the question is: Will the United States ever see this level of depression again?… Read More

We’re Back In Business Well, it’s not the new normal that people believed would come. It’s the same old normal in many states that Americans experienced before the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen states (as of the time of this writing) have… Read More

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” ~ Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln The Battle of Gettysburg… Read More

In two decades, the United States suffered two economic depressions. While most people are aware of the Great Depression, the 1920-1921 depression is hardly discussed. This was an 18-month downturn that happened soon after the end of the First World… Read More

The last time the United States suffered an economic depression was in the 1930s. Since the nation has not suffered one in nearly a century, does this mean the country is safe from such a significant collapse? First, it is… Read More

Will Entry Level Jobs Now Start at $15 an Hour? The fight to raise the minimum wage in the United States has been a hotly debated issue for years. But it appears the COVID-19 stimulus bill might finally get it… Read More

Warren G Harding was born November 2, 1865, on a farm in Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Central College in 1883 and worked as a reporter until 1884. He became the 29th president of the United States after winning what… Read More

The Big Chill Devastates Texas It was a perfect storm of sorts that blanketed most of the country last week, especially the Lone Star state. Texans experienced an unprecedented cold snap. About 25% of the power grid is supplied by… Read More