Cop Watch: Youth and Communities Speak Out
In black and Latino communities throughout the United States, many young people feel harassed by and unsafe around the people who are supposed to be there to protect and serve them: the police.
Month: November 2014
Balaknama: Kids Report from the Streets of India
Kid journalists in India are giving voice to their communities by reporting on local issues in their very own newspaper, Balaknama.
California Residents Under Severe Drought
Since 2012, California has been suffering a major drought that has had a big impact its residents. Many have lost access to water and the area’s wildfire season has been more intense as a result.
Taking Action for Climate Justice
Scientists agree that the use of fossil fuels contributes to global warming which is changing planet’s climate. Activists are using a variety of methods to bring awareness to these changes and demand that governments act.
An Inside Look at Kids Working on Tobacco Farms
Virtually every day in the summer, kids as young as seven work on tobacco farms from sun up to sun set in the United States.
#IAmMoreThanADistraction: Fighting for Fairer School Dress Codes
With the hashtag campaign #IAmMoreThanADistraction, girls across the United States are fighting to wear comfortable clothes to school without being labeled a “distraction.”
Meet IndyKids Reporter, Samuel Martinez
Learn a little bit about one of our Kid Reporters: Samuel Martinez, age 12, has been writing for IndyKids since January 2013.
Crossword Puzzle (November/December 2014)
Read the November/December 2014 issue of IndyKids to solve the clues and complete the crossword puzzle.
We Are the Future
Read an original poem by IndyKids reporter, Eleanor Hedges Duroy.
Who Am I? (November/December 2014)
Can you name this Brazilian environmental and labor rights activist?
