Arts & Entertainment 'Speak up!' — 'Sesame Street' tackles racism in TV special By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Oct 8, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — "Sesame Street" has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it's going further — teac…
Arts & Entertainment Sesame's Count wants to get young children counted in census By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Mar 9, 2020 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say…
Arts & Entertainment 'Sesame Street' comforts children displaced by Syrian war By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Jan 22, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — "Sesame Street" in the past year has tackled everything from foster care to substance abuse. Now its latest effort is trying t…