Tag: children
A mother needed Welfare. Instead, AZ used welfare funds to take her son.
Arizona spends a majority of its welfare budget on the Department of Child Safety. The agency then investigates many poor parents, sometimes removing their children for reasons stemming from their poverty. by Eli Hager, photography by…
Vape sellers are using popular music videos to promote e-cigarettes to young people – and it’s working
Teens and young adults spend several hours a day looking at their phones and watching videos, many of which might contain product placements for vaping. Flashpop/Getty Images. by Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California Research that…
Report: ‘Child care deserts’ hit poor, rural Arizona families hardest
By Olivia Munson Cronkite News Friday, January 8, 2021 Washington, DC Arizona has 304,180 infants and toddlers who need child care but only 234,270 slots to accommodate them, with poor and rural families most likely…
A mysterious illness is striking children amid the coronavirus pandemic
by Mark Hicar, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Critically ill children have been ending up in intensive care units with shock-like symptoms in recent weeks, adding yet…
America’s poorest children won’t get nutritious meals with school cafeterias closed due to the coronavirus
Thurston Domina, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Schools aren’t only places where kids learn. They are also places where kids eat. Thanks to the National School Lunch Program, 30 million U.S. children – some…
Mary Farfisa’s Outer Space Radio Theater – Episode 17 A Visit to Music Together –
Mary Farfisa ‘s Outer Space Radio Theater — Episode 17 A visit to Music Together — Mary Farfisa and Briscoe the Space-horse visit a Music Together class in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the planet Earth! A children’s radio…