Sharon Lerner

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.

A 'forever chemical' called PFOA has been found in water samples. The utility company says it isn't water quality that's changed, but state regulations.

Reporter Sharon Lerner looks at a brain tumor cluster in a small Florida town, and investigates its connection to radioactive waste from a large defense contractor.

In a presentation to the American Association of Law Schools on Thursday, Jeannette Cox, an associate professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, argued that pregnancy comes with physical limitations on par with conditions now protected under a new amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act. These include the inability to do prolonged lifting, sitting, standing or walking or driving. While some are outraged by the assertion, Cox sees it as a way for women to get more legal protections at their workplace.

The world's population is set to reach seven billion on Monday, October 31, 2011. And all this week, The Takeaway is talking about what this monumental number means for people, resources and the planet. Statistics in the U.S. show that the average American woman has 2.1 children. With these numbers the population balance should looks good for the U.S. But a new book shows that this is not the case.

Sharon Lerner talks about The War on Moms.

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For the vast majority of New York parents, the expected contribution for college tuition is far less than the money they must set aside for day care for their young children. In the second of two reports, reporter Sharon Lerner explores how families throughout the ...

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Good, affordable child care is hard to come by throughout the country. But the search is especially difficult for low-income families living in one of the most expensive cities in the world. In the first of two reports, reporter Sharon Lerner explores the struggles many ...

For nearly 20 years, John Kelly has been performing as Joni Mitchell. In heels and a blond wig, the 6-foot-tall Kelly takes to the stage and sings for an adoring audience — an audience that occasionally includes Mitchell herself. Mitchell tells Sharon Lerner why she loves Kelly's act.

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Most graduating High School seniors feel proud of their accomplishment. But for Amelia Sanchez, who graduates third in her class at Concord High on Staten Island, graduation also brings surprise and relief. Sharon Lerner reports.

REPORTER: A year and a half ago, you probably wouldn’t have ...

For nearly 20 years, John Kelly has been performing as Joni Mitchell. In heels and a blond wig, the 6-foot-tall Kelly takes to the stage and sings for an adoring audience — an audience that occasionally includes Mitchell herself. Mitchell tells Sharon Lerner what it’s like to watch ...

This week WNYC is presenting a series of reports on young people who have been HIV-positive since birth, having contracted the virus from their mothers. In the second part of our series, Sharon Lerner reports on the medical advances, human kindness, and luck that have kept thousands of these children ...

Kids who grow up with HIV and AIDS face life and death health issues. But often their heaviest burdens are emotional. This week WNYC is presenting a series of reports on young people who were born HIV-positive, having been infected at birth. As Sharon Lerner reports, for many of these ...

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic more than two decades ago, thousands of babies in this country have been born HIV-positive. These infants acquired the virus from their mothers while still in the womb or during childbirth. Many died at a young age. But an estimated 10,000 young people ...

Since the mid 1990s a class of drugs called protease inhibitors has dramatically improved the life-expectancy, and quality of life, for many people with HIV and AIDS. Tens of thousands of HIV-positive people in this country who were written off as terminally ill a few years ago are now leading ...

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You may remember Joey DiPaolo from 1990, when parents protested his attendance at a Brooklyn middle school. Throughout his childhood, Joey spoke publicly about AIDS and his own HIV-infection. His mission was simple: to prevent future infections, stop discrimination ...

A special one-hour presentation of Growing Up Positive will air Sunday April 6 at 4pm on 93.9 FM and 3pm on AM 820 Siomara Monday March 17 during Morning Edition Siomara is one of thousands of children who ...

The dancer Homer Avila is touring a new solo piece after years of working with master choreographers such as Bill T. Jones and Twyla Tharp. Sharon Lerner explains how Avila has adapted his dancing since he experienced a profound physical loss. 

Dancers describe the subtle physical cues of competitive partner dance.