Rogers promoted values all but absent from the landscape of television and public discourse: compassion, patience, emotional honesty, a commitment to never talking down to children or minimizing their feelings.
The President's budget is a reflection of the administration's priorities. And this administration and their GOP co-horts in Congress want to slash over a trillion dollars with cuts to programs for some of the nation's most vulnerable. A massive increase in the military budget and war preparations comes at the expense of slashing all kinds of social programs.
Trump’s proposed budget would eliminate funding for public broadcasting, which has a proven record of helping kids in poor families.
The children’s series inspired its young audience to appreciate the mysteries and power of language.
The PBS-aired educational program 3-2-1 Contact was one of the best things on TV in the 1980s.
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