Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a demonstration of the awesome power of Matthew Yglesias, the blogosphere is abuzz ...

What happens when you put a picture of a Sesame Street character on vegetables? Something like this: Findings from Sesame Workshop's initial "Elmo/ Broccoli" study indicated that intake of a ...

"C" is for cookie. And "N" is for nutrition. The folks at "Sesame Street" are hoping to spell out a message of eating well with a new initiative aimed at fighting hunger. The program, "Food for ...

Sesame Workshop this week received a grant from the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation to further study how well Elmo sells broccoli. The Atkins foundation will give $73,000 to the non-profit producer of ...

A NUMBER of bloggers have been discussing a recent study that attempted to determine whether the placement of a picture of "Sesame Street" cartoon character, specifically, Elmo, on a vegetable would ...