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Adults Learning to Read: America's Literacy Crisis and Its Impact on Democracy

Published June 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM EDT

Airs Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 8 p.m. on WKSU
About half of American adults read at or below a sixth-grade level. What challenges do they face in maintaining a good job, navigating health care, helping children (or grandchildren) with school work? And how does this low level of literacy affect the functioning of American democracy? Are voters in this group vulnerable to manipulation by politicians?

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