By HASSAN DOOSTDAR, age 10 9-year-old activist and student, Asean Johnson, speaks at a Chicago Teachers Union rally against school closures. PHOTO: Charles Miller Earlier this year, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system voted to close 49 elementary schools in the...
By ELIYA AHMAD, age 12 Counting the days that Guantánamo detainees have been on hunger strike. PHOTO: Steve Rhodes In the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, detainees are going on hunger strikes to protest their treatment in the facility and the fact that they are...
By SAMUEL MARTINEZ, age 11 The protests in Brazil were initially sparked by a nine cent increase in bus fares. PHOTO: Semilla Luz Since June 11, people across Brazil have been staging protests against the government. Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014 and the...
Illustrations by GuerruntZ Edward Snowden: Hero or Criminal? By THEO FRYE-YANOS, age 10 On June 12, 2013, Edward Snowden, a United States citizen and contractor who worked for a private company hired by the National Security Administration (NSA), leaked to the press...
Written by YUUKI REAL, age 13, and edited by THEO FRYE-YANOS, age 10 Protests broke out across the country in response to the verdict in the trial over the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. PHOTO: Unknown On July 13, 2013, George Zimmerman was...
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