By MIA CHANG, age 12, and INDYKIDS STAFF When people go to the polls to vote for president in the United States, their votes are tallied, but the candidate with the most votes isn’t always the one who wins. Instead, the United States used the Electoral College system....
By KAZ NEWMAN, age 12 The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe in the southern Louisiana town of Isle de Jean Charles is being forced to move to a safer area. Ninety-eight percent of homes there have been destroyed by the effects of climate change. Photo by Karen...
INTRODUCTION By LILY KUZMINSKI, age 12 The First Amendment is one of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights, which opens the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment gives you the right to speak your mind, regardless of whether the situation is controversial (freedom...
By MARIANNE N. NACANAYNAY, age 13 Hundreds of students at high schools in Des Moines, IA staged a walkout on Wednesday, November 9 to voice their concerns about the 2016 election outcome and express their support for each other. Photo by Phil Roeder On November 8,...
By CARA CHANG, age 12 Janna Jihad Ayyad, 10, reports on issues in the West Bank using videos she posts on social media. Photo courtesy Janna Jihad Facebook page Janna Jihad Ayyad is a ten-year-old reporter who lives in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian...
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