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  • Mental Health

Guy Winch: How Can We Maintain Healthy Boundaries Between Our Work And Personal Time?

Many of us are feeling weary and exhausted all the time. Psychologist Guy Winch shares ways we can both prevent and recover from the all-too-common experience of burnout.

April 09, 2021
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  • NPR/TED Staff
Daniel Williams at his Lang smoker.

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  • Family

Separated By Pandemic, Friends of Dan Williams Find New Way To Mourn Together

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the Zoom meeting a fixture of our lives — and even our deaths. As gatherings became unsafe, funeral businesses have shifted much of what they do online. 

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott

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  • Family

Wajahat Ali: Can Investing In Children Revitalize Economies And Our Humanity?

In some of the world's biggest economies, people are having fewer children. But writer Wajahat Ali explains why investing in future generations is key to rejuvenating our societies...and our humanity.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • NPR/TED Staff
The Texas Supreme Court has allowed an emergency order to expire. Housing groups warn that this could result in thousands of people losing their homes to eviction. Tenants' rights advocates, like those pictured here in Boston, have pushed for stronger protections for renters during the pandemic.

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  • National

Texas Courts Open Eviction Floodgates: 'We Just Stepped Off A Cliff'

Judges in Texas are being told it's not their job to enforce a CDC order aimed at stopping evictions. Housing groups fear that a wave of unnecessary evictions will leave thousands homeless.

April 07, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
A new study finds that COVID-19 vaccines produce effective levels of antibodies in pregnant and breastfeeding women. They may benefit babies as well.

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  • Health

Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe During Pregnancy And May Protect Baby, Too

Not only does the new research show the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are effective at protecting pregnant people, it also found that antibodies were present in umbilical cord blood and breast milk.

April 02, 2021
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  • Jane Greenhalgh

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  • Education

COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Been Hard On Youth Locked Up

Juvenile incarceration is down, but many young people still in facilities have gone months without seeing their families.

March 30, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
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  • Health

As The End Of The Pandemic Becomes Real, Here's What People Are Dreaming About

As opening up after a year of the pandemic becomes more and more real, we hear from across the country what people are most excited about — from hugging family members to entering high school.

March 29, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • National

With More Women In State Office, Family Leave Policies Have Not Caught Up

More women are becoming state lawmakers, but many legislatures still don't have family leave policies. That leaves new mothers little choice but to miss out on the lawmaking process.

March 28, 2021
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  • Abigail Censky

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  • Education

New Data Highlight Disparities In Students Learning In Person

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

March 24, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
A record low number of homes for sale is pushing up prices and making it harder for first-time buyers to afford homeownership.

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  • National

Out Of Whack: Lack Of Homes For Sale Sends Prices Surging, Frustrates Buyers

Sales of existing homes fell 6.6% in February from the month before. Meanwhile, prices are up 16% over the past year, giving homeowners about $2 trillion more in equity and widening the wealth gap.

March 23, 2021
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  • Chris Arnold
Tenants' rights advocates demonstrated in Boston in January, calling on the Biden administration to extend the CDC eviction moratorium.

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  • National

CDC Likely To Extend Eviction Moratorium With Millions Of People Behind On Rent

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold
Landlord Stephanie Graves walks to the main office at one of her properties in Houston with a resident. She's going door to door offering to help residents apply for rental assistance money approved by Congress that's just starting to flow to landlords and tenants.

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  • National

Landlords Struggling To Stay Afloat See Lifeline In COVID-19 Relief For Renters

The latest COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress has upward of $27 billion for rental assistance to prevent evictions. With so many renters not paying, many landlords are struggling.

March 17, 2021
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  • Chris Arnold
The relief money that's going toward Mississippi child care will serve 80% of children who qualify for support, up from 28%, says Carol Burnett, head of the Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative.

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  • Family

Relief Money Could More Than Double Support For Child Care Needs In Mississippi

Carol Burnett, who heads an advocacy group for child care centers, says the funds will help mothers enormously — "whether they're trying to get out of poverty" or "find a pathway to higher income."

March 15, 2021
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro,
  • Emma Bowman,
  • and 1 more
President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. Included in the plan is a monthly allowance for many American families that could be a potential financial-life-changer.

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  • Family

How Biden's Plan Could Help Reshape The Finances Of American Families

The $1.9 trillion relief bill includes a new monthly allowance for American parents that could help provide a critical lifeline.

March 14, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Sacramento's Elmhurst neighborhood is comprised of mostly single-family homes. The City Council has voted on a draft plan to allow fourplexes in all residential areas.

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  • National

Facing Housing Crunch, California Cities Rethink Single-Family Neighborhoods

By allowing multi-family housing, proponents across the state say the move could lower housing costs and redress decades of racial segregation.

March 13, 2021
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By:
  • Erin Baldassari
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