illiteracy
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This included asking for a full formal apology, cancelling foreign debts and investment to tackle illiteracy and public health issues.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
After confessing his illiteracy on TikTok, a fitness influencer discovered that his online audience was ready to help him learn to read.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
As a tribute to her father, who suffered all his life from illiteracy, she founded the Imagination Library, which provides free books to children from birth until the time they enter school.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
In a lesser-known history, the federal government helped bring public education to Southern white children, whose illiteracy rates prior to Reconstruction were five times as high as in the North.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025
As a former educator, Garfield decried the nation's high rate of illiteracy, particularly in the South, revealed by questions in the 1880 census asking if a person could read and write.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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A Raisin in the Sun
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