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News Articles: family

<strong>Alresch Jayawardena i</strong><strong>mmigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka </strong><strong>on July 4, 1991</strong>

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  • National

6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Mallory Yu and
  • Elena Burnett
<strong>Alresch Jayawardena i</strong><strong>mmigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka </strong><strong>on July 4, 1991</strong>

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  • National

6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Mallory Yu and
  • Elena Burnett
Tyrone Ferrens, a plant electrician at Under Armour, sits for a portrait in his house in Aberdeen, Md.

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  • Family

A Black family in Maryland navigates the pandemic and inflation with some success

Tyrone and Michelle Ferrens build some successes out of their complex story.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Tyrone Ferrens, a plant electrician at Under Armour, sits for a portrait in his house in Aberdeen, Md.

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  • Family

A Black family in Maryland navigates the pandemic and inflation with some success

Tyrone and Michelle Ferrens build some successes out of their complex story.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
"This will help a lot of single parents out there," Daisy Hohman, a Minnesota mother whose tax refunds were garnished after her three children were placed in foster care, says of the change in federal guidance.

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  • Investigations

The federal government will allow states to stop charging families for foster care

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Kathaleen Pittman, administrator at Hope Medical Group in Shreveport, watches local TV news discussing a temporary restraining order the clinic won on Monday against Louisiana's abortion bans.

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  • National

After a reprieve, a Louisiana clinic resumes abortions for anxious patients

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, lawyers challenged Louisiana's abortions bans and won temporary victories. A New Orleans judge issued a restraining order allowing procedures to resume.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Hodges and
  • Sarah McCammon
Kathaleen Pittman, administrator at Hope Medical Group in Shreveport, watches local TV news discussing a temporary restraining order the clinic won on Monday against Louisiana's abortion bans.

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  • National

After a reprieve, a Louisiana clinic resumes abortions for anxious patients

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, lawyers challenged Louisiana's abortions bans and won temporary victories. A New Orleans judge issued a restraining order allowing procedures to resume.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Hodges and
  • Sarah McCammon
Protesters hold up signs during an abortion-rights rally on Saturday in Austin, Texas.

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  • Health

Adolescents faced obstacles getting abortions. The Supreme Court just made it harder

The legal and logistical obstacles young people face in accessing reproductive health care became more complicated with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, experts say.

June 29, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
Ari and TR Brooks stood on the land where their new home would be built the day they agreed to buy it back in February of 2021. But the home is still not completed and mortgage rates have risen dramatically.

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  • Your Money

The pain of rising mortgage rates when you're waiting for your home to be built

Many Americans put down deposits of $20,000 or more with builders to put up new homes. But with mortgage rates rising, some can no longer afford the homes. And they could lose their deposits.

June 29, 2022
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  • Chris Arnold
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is up for reelection this fall, speaks to abortion-rights protesters at a rally following the U.S Supreme Court's decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em> outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., Friday, June 24, 2022.

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  • National

In Michigan, abortion could come down to voters in November

Abortion is still legal in Michigan but it's the subject of litigation, is moving toward the ballot as a state constitutional amendment and will be a big issue in the competitive race for governor.

June 27, 2022
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By:
  • Zoe Clark
The <em>Peanuts</em> characters reminded readers of the importance of Title IX at a moment when many schools and athletic programs were resistant to it.

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  • Arts & Life

'Peanuts,' one of the world's most popular cartoons, pushed for Title IX in the 1970s

Peanuts was a place where female athletes saw their presence on the playing field explicitly supported.

June 26, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
In 1993, the Lesbian Avengers organized the first Dyke March. Within a few years, its membership grew to more than 50 chapters nationwide.

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  • Arts & Life

Frustrated by society's erasure, the Lesbian Avengers fought back

They were secretaries, cab drivers, teachers and artists — brought together on a mission for lesbian visibility and political change.

June 24, 2022
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe
PFLAG En Español members celebrate Pride in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

50 years ago, PFLAG's founder marched with her gay son. How's it keeping up in 2022?

PFLAG was started almost 50 years ago when gay people and their families were isolated and stigmatized. Now, the organization is finding new families to support and new legal battles to fight.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Fanny Sung (left) and her younger sister, Marianne Sung (right). Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come.

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  • National

Two sisters got pregnant young. Their choices and their secrets shaped their lives

Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come. One of them wonders how her life might have been different.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Paige Pfleger
Fanny Sung (left) and her younger sister, Marianne Sung (right). Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come.

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  • National

Two sisters got pregnant young. Their choices and their secrets shaped their lives

Abortion — and whether to get one — changed the two sisters' lives in ways that affected them for years to come. One of them wonders how her life might have been different.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Paige Pfleger
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