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World News

More than half of Ukraine's children have been displaced, UN says

4:43pm March 25, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

Fighting around Kyiv continues as Ukrainian forces try to push back Russian troops. Many families with kids have fled to other countries, but millions are now internally displaced within Ukraine.

People pass through Przemysl station in Poland on their journey out of war-torn Ukraine on Thursday. One in four Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes in the past month.

World News

One month of war has displaced more than half of Ukrainian children

12:43pm March 24, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

More than 4.3 million children have fled their homes in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to UNICEF. It warns that consequences could last for generations to come.

MacKenzie Scott with her then-husband, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in 2017.

MacKenzie Scott makes a record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood

10:41pm March 23, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Scott, who divorced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, has given away more than $12 billion to nearly 1,200 groups.

A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

4:08pm March 23, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about six weeks and allows health care providers to be sued.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Indianapolis.

Governors in Indiana and Utah veto transgender sports bans

5:19pm March 22, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Eleven states have enacted transgender sports bans, though many have been snarled by lawsuits.

Author Anne Tyler on writing her 24th novel and why she writes about families

5:12pm March 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Anne Tyler about her 24th novel French Braid. Set in Baltimore, the book tracks one family, the Garretts, across decades and generations

COMIC: Two psychologists tell how Ukrainian kids are reacting to war.

Health & Safety

COMIC: How children are coping in Ukraine — and how parents can help

5:32pm March 21, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

Two psychologists in Ukraine tell what they are hearing from traumatized children — and how to give support to these youngsters. Although in the chaos of war, that can be a daunting task.

National

Carlisle Indian Industrial School forced Native American children to assimilate

5:02am March 18, 2022

by Jey Born

As part of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, Kirby Metoxen had heard stories about his grandparents being sent to a boarding school in Pennsylvania, designed to strip Native children of their culture.

Health & Safety

Unlearning anti-Blackness in therapy: 'The Buck Stops Here'

6:25pm March 17, 2022

by Isabeth Mendoza

Twenty percent of American adults sought out therapy in 2020. But Grisell Valencia faced a challenge; she wanted a therapist who could respond to experiences she was dealing with as an Afro-Latina.

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Judith Kaplan, the eldest daughter of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, became the first American girl to have a bat mitzvah ceremony on March 18, 1922 in New York, N.Y. A clipping from the temple bulletin of Rhoda Shapiro's bat mitzvah announcement.

The bat mitzvah turns 100. It marks more than a coming-of-age for Jewish girls

1:00pm March 17, 2022

by Deena Prichep

Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger role in Jewish life, including becoming rabbis.