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

Is it laziness, illiteracy or the ultimate flex?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

White illiteracy rates, for instance, were four times higher in the South than in the North.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 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

I thought you might be interested in knowing that I’ve just read in Social Revulsion that Louisiana has the highest illiteracy rate in the U.S.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole