Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assembly member Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference on universal child care at Columbus Park Playground on Nov. 19, 2024, in ...

When Hurricane Helene swept through Kelsey Crabtree’s small hometown of Black Mountain, North Carolina, two years ago, its fierce winds uprooted a large tree that landed on the roof of her house, ...

When disaster strikes, it feels like time stands still, but we are expected to keep moving. Those with children don’t have a choice — they go to work and address an overwhelming sense of trauma for ...

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist, was elected New York City’s mayor on Nov. 4, 2025, after pledging to make the city more affordable through ...

On Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her plans for a pathway to universal child care, which starts with expanding universal pre-K statewide and enacting free child care for 2-year-olds in New York ...

A teacher at The Growing Garden Learning Center in Mooresville paints a student's hand on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. When Jen Palmer opened a day care and preschool in Mooresville — a small, ...

Hurricane Helene put rural Western North Carolina’s home-based childcare providers under an existential threat. The natural disaster washed over years of insufficient funding and lack of support, ...

This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th. Meet Jessica and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. When Hurricane Helene swept through Kelsey Crabtree's ...

A “watch for children” sign is seen on a flooded street after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27, 2024. Credit: Richard PIERRIN/AFP/Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...