Vigil to End Vietnam War – October 15, 1969. Photo by United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division By Charles DeLange, age 11 Military conscription, or the draft, was a way for the United States to keep a steady amount of troops in the military during wartime. During the Vietnam War, between 1964 …
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Jane Addams & fellow women delegates of the International Women’s Congress, 1915. Photo by Wikimedia Commons By Jessie Mai Mitnick, age 12 During World War I, young men from all over the country were drafted into the war to fight. This left many women at home, living in fear of what could happen to their …
Eugene V. Debs, five time candidate for President, following his release from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1921. Photo by Wikimedia Commons By Jessie Mai Mitnick, age 12 “… no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.” — Eugene V. Debs Eugene V. Debs, an influential socialist and antiwar leader, …
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By Owen Hughes, 9 years old, Australian correspondent Wildfires, or bushfires, as they are called locally, have always occurred in Australia. But in the last five months or so, Australia has experienced its worst fires yet. The fires have mainly been taking place in the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW), but they …
By Amedeo Max Bettauer, age 10 The American humorist Josh Billings once said, “Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.” Census data from 2017 shows that for 27 million Americans and 615,000 New Yorkers, that concept is hauntingly true. The growing epidemic of uninsurance, which …
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