In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people’s children the skills they need to provide high quality care.
Ashley Tribble
Ashley (aka Tribble) joined the TPR team as a substitute afternoon host in 2023. Hailing from the Midwest, Tribble is a comedian, producer and host who has been working in digital media since 2015. She started her career in audio as the creator, producer and host of P Power Radio, a podcast that shares the stories of revolutionary millennial women and the history of the world they are working to change. The podcast featured a range of women artists, activists, entrepreneurs and bosses from Chicago and beyond, and was listed among Ebony’s “5 Black Podcasts to Have in Your Arsenal” in 2016. In 2019, she helped launch More Sauce, a network focused on stories from creators of color at Stitcher. There she started her journey as the producer for Dead Ass with Khadeen & Devale Ellis, where she currently leads creative audio and live show production. In 2020, Tribble helped launch The Black Effect at iHeart, a network focused on Black stories and experiences.
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Doctors try a controversial technique to reduce the transplant organ shortage
Doctors say they can boost the odds donated organs will be usable by restarting blood circulation with a pump after donors are declared dead. Critics say the procedure blurs the definition of death.
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How the Supreme Court’s immunity decision affects Trump’s legal cases
The Supreme Court found presidents have absolute immunity for exercising core constitutional powers. The team at Trump’s Trials podcast broke down how the decision could affect Trump’s legal cases.
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Why some Republican-led states are limiting who can vote in party primaries
Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees.
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Border town firefighters scramble to save migrants from extreme summer heat
Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border.
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College credit for working your job? Walmart and McDonald’s are trying it
Imagine a world in which your resume relies less on titles or diplomas and acts more like a passport of skills you’ve proven you have.
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Beryl strengthens into a hurricane again as it approaches Texas
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said more than 2,500 responders have been dispatched across the state, from departments including FEMA, parks and wildlife, health services and transportation.
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Emma Navarro has defeated Coco Gauff in a Wimbledon upset
This is the first time Navarro has reached the quarterfinals at one of the tennis majors, while Gauff’s loss was the latest in a string of exits by top-seeded women at the tournament.
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Boeing agrees to plead guilty and pay a nearly quarter-billion dollar fine
The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing has accepted a deal to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from the crashes of two 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
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June sizzled to a 13th straight monthly heat record, but July might break string
It’s not that records are being broken monthly but they are being “shattered by very substantial margins over the past 13 months,” a climate scientist said.
