By ELEANOR HEDGES DUROY, age 14 and SOPHIA ROTHMAN, age 14 Candlelight vigil held on August 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to show solidarity with the counterprotestors who took a stand against hate in Charlottesville. Flickr / Fibonacci Blue On August 11, groups of white nationalist and neo-Nazis assembled on the University of Virginia campus in …
By Eleanor Hedges Duroy, age 14 Summer came and so did the prospect of returning to Europe to visit my family. Before I left home in Ohio, my peers from across the political spectrum, warned me to “make it back in one piece.” Perhaps they were thinking about fear that the Trump administration has recently …
By Bianca Bantum, age 8 Arctic foxes are mammals that live in the arctic tundra. They are canines like wolves, coyotes and dogs. Arctic foxes have fur that changes with the different seasons. In the winter, they turn white or blue-grey to blend in with the snow-covered tundra, and in the summer, they turn brown …
By IndyKids Staff Dr. Allyson Sheffield is a professor and researcher in the field of astronomy. On August 21, she hosted a solar eclipse viewing party at LaGuardia Community College. IndyKids: How would you describe your job? Allyson Sheffield: First, it’s awesome! My job is a combination of teaching physics and astronomy classes and carrying …
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By Elijah Moore, age 11 In 2015, James Blake, a former professional tennis player, was standing outside of a New York City hotel when he was tackled by a police officer without provocation. The officer who tackled Blake was a white man named James Frascatore. He mistook Blake, a black man, for a suspect in …
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By Amzad Ali, age 13 A growing body of scientific research suggests that Earth is undergoing its sixth mass extinction. Mass extinction is defined as the total elimination of multiple species within a short period of time. The fifth mass extinction, over 65 million years ago, resulted in the loss of 75 percent of Earth’s …
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By Eleanor Hedges Duroy, age 14 In recent months, schools across the United States have denied students school lunches. Instead, they punished students who have lunch debt by throwing out their food in front of peers, provided cold small sandwiches in lieu of a hot meal, stamped children’s hands with a reminder to pay, and/or …
