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The relief money that's going toward Mississippi child care will serve 80% of children who qualify for support, up from 28%, says Carol Burnett, head of the Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative.

Relief Money Could More Than Double Support For Child Care Needs In Mississippi

Carol Burnett, who heads an advocacy group for child care centers, says the funds will help mothers enormously — "whether they're trying to get out of poverty" or "find a pathway to higher income."

Farmworkers are honored at the 2020 Hispanic Heritage Awards.

The 33rd Hispanic Heritage Awards

Stream or tune in Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at Noon on KPBS 2

Aaron Bastian (right) appraises a Robert Wood bluebonnets oil, ca. 1930 at McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: McNay Art Museum - Hour 2

Monday, March 14, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Everything is bigger in Texas, including ROADSHOW appraisals such as Julius Cohen yellow diamond earrings, a 1928 Gibson Granada banjo and a collection of original comic art dating to around 1937. Can you guess which is $105,000-$140,000?

Pictured (L-R): Dr. Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) with host and explorer Richard Wiese. Explorer Richard Wiese travels to Namibia for an in-depth look at the most endangered cat in Africa—the cheetah in the one-hour special BORN TO EXPLORE: Namibia: Land Of The Cheetah.

BORN TO EXPLORE: Namibia: Land Of The Cheetah

Airs Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2

At a silent March in June, 2021 meant to pressure U.S. Border Patrol to open the gates at Friendship Park, a protestor raises his arms to greet protestors on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence.

Port Of Entry Podcast: Fifty Years Of Friendship Park

This week, Friendship Park turns 50 years old. But the binational park at the U.S.-Mexico border fence will have to celebrate its anniversary without being fully opened. A group of activists on both sides of the border is working to change that.

Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

Disneyland Opening Highlights California's COVID-19 Turnaround

Four months ago, America’s most populous state was struggling to combat a surge in coronavirus hospitalizations that packed patients into outdoor tents and killed hundreds of people each day.

People opposed to COVID-19 vaccines often embrace ivermectin, a drug that's been touted as an effective prevention and treatment for COVID-19, which they think is not getting the attention it deserves. Here, an anti-vaccination protester takes part in a rally against vaccine mandates, in Santa Monica, Calif.

How Ivermectin Became The New Focus Of The Anti-Vaccine Movement

Scientists are still studying whether the deworming medicine could have any effect on COVID-19. But the frenzy over the drug has far more to do with politics than science. Here's how that happened.

Shown from left to right: Imelda Staunton as Mary, Stephen Rea as Mark, Francesca Annis as Vivien, Russell Tovey as Jake, Claudie Blakley as Helen and Lydia Leonard as Natalie.

FLESH AND BLOOD On MASTERPIECE

Encore Sundays, Nov. 17 - Dec. 22, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis star in a mystery about late-life romance. Claudie Blakley, Russell Tovey, and Lydia Leonard play the grown-up children of Annis’s character. Stephen Rae is her new gentleman friend. Staunton stars as the inquisitive next-door neighbor. And David Bamber is the detective who tries to work out whether an unfortunate incident was an accident or a heinous crime.

Jean Marie Rukundo and his wife, Theodosie Uwambajimana, with their 2-year-old daughter. They've nicknamed her "Rwamerc," the acronym for a resource center in Rwanda that taught Rukundo how to step up his game as a spouse and father. When he came with his wife to the delivery room for the child, she says that "touched my heart."

Men Teaching Men To Be Better Husbands And Dads

An experimental program in Rwanda tried to teach men to do more chores, listen to their wife instead of bossing her around and get involved in raising the kids. Did it work?

A polar bear with cubs in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014.

After Decades-Long Push, It's Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale

There's little solid data on how much oil is under the refuge, and lawsuits and market forces could dampen industry interest. Any leases would also face opposition from a Biden administration.

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