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Ayesha Roscoe

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  • Remembering Jechon Anderson, Age 11
    Jechon Anderson, 11, is the youngest person killed by a gun in Chicago this year.
  • Trump At The G-7
    President Trump downplays tensions with allies at the G-7 summit in Canada. The countries are at odds over recent U.S. trade moves.
  • Helpful kids are happy kids: Pitching in with household jobs builds confidence and gives children a sense of belonging, psychologists say. Sisters Angela, 12, Gelmy, 9, and Alexa Natali, 4, know this well. Since they were toddlers, their mom has encouraged them to help around their home in a village near Valladolid, Mexico.
    How To Get Your Kids To Do Chores (Without Resenting It)
    In villages in Mexico, parents have accomplished what every mom and dad dreams of: Figured out a way to get to their kids to be helpful around the house. What's their secret?
  • Why Craft Breweries Need Cows
    San Diego is one of the top craft brewery locations in the country, but what are breweries to do with tens of thousands of pounds of used up grain? They send it to nearby farms.
  • Ron Stallworth (pictured here in 1975) was the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department.
    How A Black Detective Infiltrated The KKK
    In Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth writes about an undercover investigation in which he — an African-American police detective — convinced the Ku Klux Klan that he was one of them.
  • The one-room schoolhouse of Colonial days was a simple design built from local materials. Kids sat on benches with the oldest in the back. While nostalgia has kept these in our minds, they were hardly conducive for much beyond basic rote learning.
    Century-Old Decisions That Impact Children Every Day
    Alexandra Lange's new book has insights on the influence of school and classroom design on children's learning throughout history.
  • Designer Kate Spade is pictured in April 2017 in New York City. Anthony Bourdain is pictured in April 2018 in New York City. Both died in the same week.
    When Suicide Is 'Buzzing Around'
    NPR's Scott Simon reflects on recent celebrity suicides and the danger of more people taking their lives, and offers advice on where to turn for help.
  • Gen. Robert Neller, front row fourth from left, at Bait-us-Samad (House of the Eternal) mosque outside Baltimore, Md., Thursday night. The Marine Corps' top general was an Iftar guest at the invitation of Marine veteran Mansoor Shams, fifth from left.
    Marine Corps' Top General Joins Ramadan Meal
    Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the Marine Corps, joined a Baltimore-area mosque for Iftar, the evening meal during Ramadan which breaks each day's fast. He was the guest of a Muslim Marine vet.
  • Dana Levy, with her 2-year-old son. She met Mohammed Saqar met when they were teenagers.
    A Longtime Israeli-Palestinian Friendship Falls Apart
    "It's difficult for him to ... not see me as an Israeli who is causing all this pain to him and his family," says Dana Levy, who became friends with Mohammed Saqar of Gaza when they were teens.
  • Canadian Government To Buy Oil Pipeline
    The Canadian government is planning to buy an embattled pipeline expansion project. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with the CBC's Vassy Kapelos.