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Artist Megan Piphus — the first female Black puppeteer on the iconic PBS kids' show — used puppets to break out of being a ...
Explore 17 unforgettable “Sesame Street” moments featuring rap and R&B stars like SZA, Usher, Queen Latifah and Pharrell. A timeless look at music and learning.
R epublican lawmakers called to defund PBS after the television station’s long-running children’s show, "Sesame Street," celebrated LGBTQ "Pride" Month on social media.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version of "Sesame Street" in Iraq.
Since its debut in 1969, Sesame Street has always kept educational science at the forefront, and research continues to show ...
In April 2025, a Reddit user on the r/todayilearned (TIL) subreddit claimed that officials in Mississippi — a U.S. state with a long history of civil and racial injustice — once refused to ...
R.I.P. Lloyd Morrisett, co-creator of Sesame Street. “The results indicated that you could teach children a great deal before they entered school,” he said.
Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett attends the 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Morrisett died at 93, Sesame Workshop announced ...
On PBS, "they now have drag queen storytime instead of good old Sesame Street," said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., during a March 25 interview with Newmax host Chris Salcedo.