By MATTHEW DOTY, age 12 After over 50 years, the U.S. embargo against Cuba is the longest in history and has taken a toll on the Cuban people. Photo courtesy totoro_friend/Flickr On December 17, 2014, President Obama announced he would take steps to normalize...
By MONICA DELEON, age 12 Tony Diaz, “El Librotraficante,” rides in a bus handing out the banned books in Tucson, Arizona. PHOTO: Tony Diaz In January 2011, Arizona state officials declared the Mexican-American Studies curriculum (MAS) that was being taught in Tucson...
By EMILY MARTINEZ, age 11 Students waiting outside of a cell phone storage truck. Before the ban was lifted, a student could spend hundreds of dollars a year to store their phone during the school day in trucks like this one. PHOTO: Matt Green/Flickr On January 7,...
Your donation will make it possible for IndyKids to continue to publish our free, nationally distributed newspaper and to develop the next generation of young journalists trained in our Kid Reporter Program. Every donation makes a difference!