By ELEANOR HEDGES DUROY, age 10 Girls learning in their classroom in Afghanistan. PHOTO: Asian Development Bank Women around the world have made huge gains in terms of equality, but women still face many struggles every day. Women and girls in countries around the...
By ALEJANDRA PAULINO, age 11 PHOTO: Larry Darling School bus drivers in New York City were on strike from January 16 to February 15, 2013. As members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, they wanted the city to add to their contract that the most experienced bus drivers...
By THEO FRYE YANOS, age 10 Women Marines serving in Afghanistan. PHOTO: United States Marine Corps Recently, we have heard in the newspaper that women can now serve in combat roles in the United States Armed Forces. But that is not the whole picture. Women were not...
By JALEN CROSTON, age 12 An athlete signs the “Win Clean” anti-doping campaign board in London’s Trafalgar Square. PHOTO: UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport Performance Enhancing Drugs, or PEDs, are used by athletes of all...
By MALIK L. SHAH, age 9 Lance Armstrong finally admitted in January 2013 to using steroids during his seven Tour de France victories. PHOTO: J.D. Egenhardt In January 2013, Tour-de-France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to doping during his seven Tour de...
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