By ELEANOR HEDGES DUROY, age 12 New parents need time off work after birth or adoption to become familiar with their new children, rest and adjust to changing life circumstances. PHOTO: Harsha K R The United States has one of the least progressive parental leaves in...
By MARIANNE NACANAYNAY, age 12, and IndyKids Staff Young protesters in Mexico holding a sign that says, “The families demand that their sons are found.” PHOTO: kinoluiggi/Flickr On September 26, 2014, 43 students training to become teachers at Raul Isidro...
Kids playing with weapons at a military recruitment tent outside of an Army football game in Texas. PHOTO: Army Recruiting/Flickr Military Recruitment in Schools By SADIE PRICE-ELLIOTT, age 13 At most public high school job fairs in the United States, students will...
By SOPHIA ROTHMAN, age 11 Kasey was homeless in Chicago for more than a year after she came out to her family. Forty percent of homeless youth are LGBTQ. PHOTO: The Homestretch Briana DeMaio has been homeless since she was 12, when she and her family were kicked out...
By MATTHEW DOTY, age 11 A fracking site in California, where 54 percent of active new wells are within 10 miles of active fault lines. PHOTO: Faces of Fracking/Flickr Fracking (short for hydraulic fracturing) is a process used to release natural gas and oil trapped in...
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