illiteracy

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The proposals went from cancelling foreign debts to investing in tackling illiteracy and public health.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Her Imagination Library, inspired by her belief that her father had been “crippled” by illiteracy, has reportedly distributed some 300 million books to children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

That is, it's the product of media incompetence and public illiteracy.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

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

If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy, and disease could be eliminated within a few generations.

From "1984" by George Orwell