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News Articles: family

Issa Rae voices Angela, Brooke Monroe Conaway plays Zuri and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi is Stephen in Max's <em>Young Love</em>.

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  • Television

There's a lot to love in the 'Hair Love'-inspired TV series 'Young Love'

The animated series on Max follows a young Black family getting back on its feet after the mother is struck by illness. The show is a spin-off from an Oscar-winning short film by Matthew A. Cherry.

September 21, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans

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  • Education

Are you saving enough for college? Here's what to know

As the cost of college continues to rise, families have new questions about how to save up. For answers, we turned to Ron Lieber, author of The Price You Pay For College.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Jia Tolentino talks about God and psychedelics and finding comfort in chaos.

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  • Religion

She chased 'ego death' — first in religion, then in parenthood

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.

September 17, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Martin
The museum's former library space on the ground floor — most often used for the Met's beloved story time — is now the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/families/81st-street-studio">81st Street Studio</a>, a hands-on learning space for kids.

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  • Arts & Life

A new kids' space at an art museum is actually about science

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art.

September 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
The child poverty rate in the U.S. more than doubled in a year.

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  • Family

A pediatrician's view on child poverty rates: 'I need policymakers to do their job'

After the expanded credit took effect, child poverty hit a historic low of 5.2% a year ago. New Census data shows it has since rocketed to 12.4%. Doctors are seeing this play out in real time.

September 15, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Hodges
Michele Norris explores the family kitchen in her new podcast, <em>Your Mama's Kitchen</em>.

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  • Food

What makes the family kitchen so special? Michele Norris digs into the details

Journalist and writer Michele Norris is exploring the significance of the family kitchen in her new podcast, Your Mama's Kitchen.

September 14, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 1 more
A swing sits empty on a playground outside in Providence, R.I. Experts say the end of the expanded child tax credit was a key factor in the big rise in child poverty.

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  • National

Child poverty more than doubles — a year after hitting record low, Census data shows

Experts point to the expanded child tax credit as key to this poverty yo-yo. When it ended, many lower-income families struggled to pay their bills or buy enough food.

September 12, 2023
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  • Jennifer Ludden
Justin Kasieta, who is 22 now, was just 13 when his father died and he was thrust into a role looking after his four younger siblings. In college, he interned in the state legislature and the U.S. Congress.

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  • Investigations

These kids used to get the bill for their own foster care. Now that's changing

States routinely took the benefits checks of children in foster care who were orphans or disabled. After an NPR/Marshall Project investigation, there's reform.

September 12, 2023
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  • Joseph Shapiro

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  • Education

Student loan borrowers are spending a lot of time on hold, says federal watchdog

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says many borrowers are struggling to get through to the companies that get paid to answer their questions.

September 11, 2023
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  • Cory Turner
Kayce Atencio, who had a heart attack when he was 19, was unable to rent an apartment for years because of bad credit attributed in part to thousands of dollars of medical debt. "It always felt like I just couldn't get a leg up," says Atencio, one of millions of Americans whose access to housing is threatened by medical debt.

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  • Health

Medical debt nearly pushed this family into homelessness. Millions more are at risk

Saddled with debt from health care, many Americans are forced into painful tradeoffs. And some are losing their homes.

September 11, 2023
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By:
  • Noam Levey
Natasha Poonawalla, executive director of the vaccine-manufacturing Serum Institute of India, donned an haute couture sari for the 2022 Met Gala. The garment is on display at the museum show '"The Offbeat Sari" (pictured, right). The designer is Sabyasachi Mukherjee and the metal corset is by Schiaparelli.

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  • Art & Design

I love saris — but I have never seen saris like these before

NPR correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee visited a hit London museum show called "The Offbeat Sari." It showed her how the garment has changed — and made her reflect on what the sari means to her.

September 08, 2023
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Former YouTube star Ruby Franke, pictured here in a video for her mental health counseling service ConneXions, was charged with six felony counts of child abuse.

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  • National

YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

September 06, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A photo of the recalled Boon Flair Elite highchair.

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  • Business

More than 85,000 highchairs that pose a fall risk are being recalled

Bolts used to secure the seats of certain Tomy Boon Flair & Flair Elite highchairs can come loose, allowing the seat to detach from its base.

September 03, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Ivanova says her faith is what's helped her get through all of her trials. She brought her Bible with her when the family fled Kharkiv for a new home in Brazil. But a new crisis made her wonder if Brazil was the right place for her.

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to the Ukrainian refugees who found a haven in Brazil?

After fleeing the war in Ukraine, a family found a sense of belonging far away - in Prudentópolis, Brazil, known as "Little Ukraine." A year later, the family finds themselves starting over yet again.

September 02, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
Reva Stewart preparing to meet people without housing at a park in Phoenix

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  • Mental Health

Fake 'sober homes' targeting Native Americans scam millions from taxpayers

The scale of a scam to recruit Native Americans into fake treatment for substance in Phoenix and bill the government fraudulently is now emerging. It's huge.

August 31, 2023
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  • Alice Fordham
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