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Sesame Street Saved My Young Mind — Now We Need to Save It

President Trump wants to cut off support for the show, now celebrating its 50th year and still drawing a huge audience.

Research shows they hurt poor students and students of color, while failing to predict success in college.

The U.S. is condemning China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, but not with much moral authority.

They learned to embrace popular organizing and to fear — and suppress — the black vote.

As a kid, food stamps helped me eat, study, and succeed as an adult. Americans today deserve the same investment.

For me, it’s a gateway to pain relief. For others, its prohibition is a gateway to mass incarceration.

Thoughtful plantation tours can help us lean into our discomfort — and reconcile a painful past.

America’s wealthiest billionaires buy a national election at $100 a vote — and still make money.

What does America need now? I know — another billionaire candidate.

Racism means a lot more than using slurs or feeling hatred. Yet even in these narrow terms, Trump fits the bill.