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The Sunday Read: 'The Children in the Shadows'

The Sunday Read: 'The Children in the Shadows'

FromThe Daily


The Sunday Read: 'The Children in the Shadows'

FromThe Daily

ratings:
Length:
91 minutes
Released:
Sep 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Prince is 9 years old, ebullient and bright; he has spent much of the pandemic navigating the Google Classroom app from his mother’s phone.The uncertainty and isolation of the coronavirus lockdown is not new to him — he is one of New York City’s more than 100,000 homeless schoolchildren, the largest demographic within the homeless population.Families like Prince’s are largely invisible.Samantha M. Shapiro, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, has spent the last two years speaking with over a dozen homeless families with children of school age. On this week’s The Sunday Read, she explores what their lives are like.This story was written by Samantha M. Shapiro and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Released:
Sep 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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