GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Men of Color Read is a group of men, called the Brethren, who visit schools to read to children. Jon Covington started the group in Muskegon County. Last year, it was expanded to ...

Why is it so hard to make healthy choices? Because most people aren’t health literate. In a country awash in health advice, the problem isn’t access to information — it’s the ability to make sense of ...

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday proposed to involve local government units (LGUs) in efforts to improve functional literacy, as he expressed alarm over the recent report showing that functional ...

The Florence Area Literacy Council's Lip Sync Battle is the organization's primary fundraiser. The organization works to battle illiteracy in an area where the functional illiteracy rate is 33% ...

Imagine being a mom who has to rely on public transportation to get a sick child to the doctor’s office but can’t read a bus schedule or tell time. Imagine being worried about giving a child the wrong ...

Globe Audio · When even text messaging is a struggle: The pain of being a teenager who can't read well CHICOPEE — Sterling’s phone buzzed. The lanky 17-year-old, sitting on his family’s brown sofa, ...

“It’s not a disease; it’s illiteracy,” the doctor I was working with said after I asked him for help with a patient’s medications. I was stunned by this diagnosis. I had just finished working with a ...

CLEVELAND—More than 30 million adults in our country are illiterate and Ohio is no exception. 66% of Cleveland residents are functionally illiterate Up to 90% of people in two Cleveland neighborhoods ...