LNGenZ News for Kids: Current Events

While foreign policy did not dominate the 2020 U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump achieved remarkable success on this file during his term in the Oval Office. Brokering Middle East peace agreements, winding down the number of U.S. troops overseas,… Read More

A New Flag for Mississippi Mississippi is getting a new flag. The current flag has the confederate battle insignia in the top left corner. It’s the last state flag in the country to have it. Many argue that symbol represents… Read More

Nearly a year after the first coronavirus case was confirmed in China, have scientists made a vaccine for the illness? One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies says it has an effective COVID-19 vaccine. Is the public health crisis finished?… Read More

Usually, presidential elections go smoothly, with a winner being declared immediately after Election Day. But, as we see now in 2020, that isn’t always the case. In fact, there have been several presidential elections throughout the nation’s history that suffered… Read More

Veterans Day is a time to honor and remember military personnel who have served to protect our freedom and liberties, some paying the ultimate price of their lives. Some make the armed forces their career, and then there are others… Read More

A few days after the November 3 election, many have declared Joe Biden to be the winner, and the next president of the United States. Is this true? In fact, it’s not quite accurate – not yet, anyway. Many newspapers… Read More

The number of registered voters who actually cast votes in elections is called voter turnout – and it is a critical part of the election process. The 2020 presidential election saw record-high voter numbers. What Affects Voter Turnout? Many factors… Read More

Election Day may have been November 3rd, but a few days later, the winner still hasn’t been announced. This year’s race has been very close and marked by chaos in many areas. The Democrat candidate Joe Biden has taken the… Read More

November 3, 2020 is Election Day in the United States. For the first time in four years, the American people will choose their next president: Donald Trump (Republican) or Joe Biden (Democrat). But that’s not all that’s going on today:… Read More

Around election time, states are usually called “blue” or “red.” On electoral maps, states are organized by colors to distinguish their voting patterns. Typically, these voting patterns come from trends that have been around for years. Blue stands for the… Read More

A Horde of Voters This has been a strange year. Americans suddenly found themselves self-quarantined in their own homes, forced to wear masks in public, and avoid gatherings. The economy crashed as millions of people found themselves unemployed because of… Read More