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Let’s take ‘Sesame Street’ out of the equation for PBS funding
As Congress threatens to defund public broadcasting, the defenders of PBS and NPR keep defending themselves by pointing to ...
Tiny Desk Radio launches on public radio stations across America
Tiny Desk Radio, heard only on public radio stations across the U.S., shares the concerts and stories about the artists whom we ask to make music like they never have before. In the very first episode ...
Mississippi officials refused to air 'Sesame Street' in 1970 because of multiracial cast
"Sesame Street," which premiered in November 1969, faced a rough road to air in the state of Mississippi. This is that story.
Sesame Street, Last Gasp of the Monoculture, Faces Existential Threat
For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.
SZA Shows Support For Sesame Street Amid Attacks On PBS Funding
Grammy-nominated artist SZA is lending her support to 'Sesame Street,' and hints at making a children's album.
Stephen Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan
Colbert said both public media entities are “already operating on a shoestring budget — Daniel Tiger can’t even afford to wear pants.” ...
PBS and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well lose
America’s two biggest public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, are facing an up-or-down vote over their federal funding for the first time in decades.
White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding
The Trump White House is proposing to eliminate most federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public ...
Stephen Colbert Predicts New Names of PBS and NPR Shows After Trump Cuts Funding | Video
PBS and NPR continue to be a target of the Trump administration and, if it successfully cuts the outlets’ funding, Stephen ...