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 ...
What's happening on 'Sesame Street'? Elmo, Big Bird and friends face uphill battle amid budget cuts and congressional spotlight
The long-running children’s show, which first introduced young audiences to Big Bird, Bert and Ernie in 1969, is in the midst ...
Why Does Big Bird Look So Sad?
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is confronting what executives have described as a “perfect storm” of ...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is wrong, ‘Sesame Street’ was not replaced by ‘drag queen storytime’
The segment Greene cited wasn’t aired; a local station mistakenly uploaded it to PBS’ site, where it stayed for two months before being removed ...
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Can You Tell Me How to Get to Grounds? ‘Sesame’ Comes to UVA
The “Sesame Street” festivities capped off with Elmo visiting UVA Health Children’s. Elmo doled out hugs and high-fives to ...
The Trump administration’s abrupt federal grant cuts have made their way to ‘Sesame Street’—and they risk ‘pulling the rug out from under children’
The Trump administration’s choice to dismantle USAID has made its way to Sesame Street, which had received funding from the ...
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With ‘Sesame Street’ Searching for a New Home, Sesame Workshop Undergoes Layoffs
While Sesame Street is still the nonprofit’s flagship ... and it holds a well-attended annual fundraising event in New York each year.
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Big Bird, politics, and the ABCs: how a television show made to represent New York City neighborhoods like Harlem and the Bronx became beloved by... Sesame Street Big Bird, politics, and the ABCs ...