By Yael Mora, age 11 and Indykids Staff It’s been two years since Hurricane Maria devastated the Carribean island and U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, making history as one of the worst and deadliest natural disasters ever recorded in the region. Amid rebuilding efforts after the hurricane and a crippling financial crisis, the Puerto Rican …
By Onika Ehren, age 12 Samaira is a creative and inquisitive 12-year-old journalist who has been writing for IndyKids since the IndyKids Summer Camp 2018. In addition to writing articles, she has also designed political cartoons and produced a podcast looking at criminal justice reform during the 2019 IndyKids Summer Camp. 1. Do you want …
By Victor, age 12 Every week, my family would go to the movies. We watched Sharknado 1, 2 and 3. We used to get popcorn, nacho cheese chips and Coke slushies. It was exciting, something I looked forward to. But two years ago, everything changed. One day, after my dad picked me and my little …
By Aishwarya Vedula, age 12 Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by products made of plastic. This is a huge problem for our environment because these materials contribute both to littering the ocean and the earth, as well as to climate change. According to the science NGO Ocean Conservancy, 8 million metric tons of plastics …
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By Samaira Bunbury, age 11 Every summer, around 70,000 people of various ethnicities, shades, abilities and genders celebrate the annual Afropunk Festival. With a program full of dance, music, film and fashion, it’s an all-arts festival that embraces African-centric culture. Across various cities and countries, from Brooklyn to Atlanta, Paris to London and Johannesburg, South …
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World Leaders Meet in NYC for U.N. Climate Summit by IndyKids Staff On September 23, world leaders met in New York City to attend a special United Nations summit on climate change. The summit aimed to put in place realistic plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The average temperature has already increased 1 …
By Jessie Mai Mitnick, age 11 Former President Barack Obama thought of me as “the Godmother of the civil rights movement.” I was born in Richmond, Virginia, on March 24, 1912. I was raised by my mother, Fanny, who was a nurse, and my father, James, who was a building contractor. As a teenager, I …
