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Dreshon Robinson says Sierra Hanapole is his favorite teacher. "She just has a good character. She's really cool. You know, she's not one of those teachers that freak out."

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  • Education

Extra learning time is helping these students catch up from COVID interruptions

After school "learning hubs" are helping some high school students in North Carolina catch up on academic time lost due to COVID — and stay on track for graduation.

December 21, 2021
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By:
  • Anya Kamenetz
"I could be out next week without a place to live," Mary Hunt worried when an NPR reporter visited. Hunt doesn't own the piece of land, making Havenpark Communities free to tell her to get out.

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  • Investigations

How the government helps investors buy mobile home parks, raise rent and evict people

Investors and companies are swooping in to buy mobile home parks. They raise fees and rents, and evict people who can't pay — using billions of dollars' worth of low interest, government-backed loans.

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Arnold,
  • Robert Benincasa,
  • and 1 more
Ashli St. Armant, a.k.a. Jazzy Ash

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  • Arts & Life

Children's artist Jazzy Ash wraps up a busy year with new Christmas songs

Ashli St. Armant plays funky New Orleans-style fare for kids with her band, Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards, and spins mysterious tales in her Viva Durant audiobook series.

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Santa at the West Dallas Christmas Block Party

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  • Race

Black Santas are helping to change holiday icons and add more representation

African American communities say they appreciate a growing trend of Black Santa Claus representations at Christmas

December 20, 2021
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By:
  • Michelle Aslam
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

How to get your teens or college-age kids to take omicron seriously

Your college kid just got home and may be a bit jaded about COVID. But your coming holiday visit could be a real risk to grandparents. Here's how one mom is getting through to her sons about safety.

December 19, 2021
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey

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  • Arts & Life

Your questions on gift shopping, loneliness and safety during the holidays, answered

We asked for your questions on navigating the holiday blues. Clinical psychologist Andrea Bonior guides us through some rough patches involving family, money, loneliness and safety.

December 18, 2021
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong and
  • Andee Tagle
A Santa Claus in Germany wears a surgical mask in December 2020. If you're planning to take the kids to see Santa this year, experts say it's safest to keep everyone's masks on.

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  • Global Health

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it OK for the kids to take a pic with Santa?

Plus: Is it safe to go to a holiday party if not everyone is vaccinated? And are people getting different side effects from the COVID booster?

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Sheila Eldred
Jesus and Suzanne Valle pose with their adopted children in Art Van Atta Park in Dayton, Ohio, in July. "I always like to tell everybody we raised yours, mine, ours, my brother's, now others," Suzanne says.

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  • National

They didn't plan to be a family of 17. Then, the opioid crisis hit their community

Suzanne and Jesus Valle adopted six kids from Ohio families struggling with addiction, after raising nine of their own. At StoryCorps, the couple reflected on their unexpected shift in priorities.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Jo Corona,
  • Jud Esty-Kendall,
  • and 1 more
A preschooler reaches into her cubby at a preschool center in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Journalist Claire Suddath says the U.S. child care industry is in need of an overhaul.

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  • Family

As child care costs soar, providers are barely getting by. Is there any fix?

Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Claire Suddath explains why child care is so unaffordable in the U.S. and why attempts to provide federal funding for care keep failing in Congress.

December 16, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
The idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion was thrust into the spotlight earlier this month as the Supreme Court considered a Mississippi law to restrict access to abortion.

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  • Law

It's not as simple as abortion v. adoption. Just ask Bri

The idea of adoption as an alternative to abortion was raised earlier this month as the Supreme Court considered a Mississippi law to restrict access to abortion.

December 15, 2021
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By:
  • Amy Isackson
Yalonda Chandler homeschools her children, Madison and Matthew. She co-founded Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham, in Alabama, and has seen the organization grow since the pandemic began.

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  • Education

More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism

In Alabama, the co-founders of Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham say membership is growing as parents try to shield their children from racism in education and teach them about their own heritage.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Kyra Miles
Yalonda Chandler homeschools her children, Madison and Matthew. She co-founded Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham, in Alabama, and has seen the organization grow since the pandemic began.

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  • Education

More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism

In Alabama, the co-founders of Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham say membership is growing as parents try to shield their children from racism in education and teach them about their own heritage.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Kyra Miles
New York Times food writer Priya Krishna says Dorie Greenspan's World Peace 2.0 cookie are impossible to hate.

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  • Arts & Life

5 DIY holiday recipes and crafts to avoid supply chain problems

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as they say. That is, unless you ordered the latest and greatest gadget too late, and now it's stuck in supply chain limbo. We're here to help.

December 11, 2021
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By:
  • Karen Zamora,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
  • and 1 more
One of the Home Bed assist handles recalled by Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. The company is recalling both its Bed Assist Handles and Bed Assist Rail after two deaths were reported.

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  • Business

Adult portable bed rails have been recalled after 2 people died

In both incidents, officials say the bed rails were not securely attached to the bed. The two victims became entrapped between the product and their mattresses.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn and his wife Raizy

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  • Religion

Hanukkah is a busy week for Wyoming's only rabbi

On the last night of Hanukkah, Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn wraps up a busy week. He is currently the only ordained rabbi serving in Wyoming.

December 06, 2021
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  • Kyle Mackie
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