By Stella Tomasello, age 10 The House of Representatives passed the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act in April by a vote of 218 to 208. The aim was to limit the power the president could exercise over immigration on the basis of religion. The travel ban of 2017 had people of different …
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By Aida El-Hajjar, age 11 India reported 4,529 deaths in 24 hours, setting a new world record for daily coronavirus deaths on May 19, 2021. When the first wave of the COVID-19 virus hit, the Indian government responded quickly and strictly, putting India among countries with the least cases. But then Prime Minister Narendra Modi, …
By Esteban Guerra, age 9 I was born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. I graduated from Stanford University in California, with a degree in physics. In 1978, I was one of six women to work for NASA. In 1983, I became the first American woman to fly in space. As the flight …
By IndyKids Staff There are 46 different species of seahorses around the world. These strange looking creatures range in size from 0.6 inches up to 14 inches long. Although they live in the sea, seahorses are poor swimmers. They live in shallow ocean areas, particularly in eelgrass beds, but they move into deeper waters to …
By Sami El-Hajjar, age 11 Republicans in Idaho, and others in primarily conservative states, have been targeting trans youth. Idaho and several other states have been pushing bills and legislation that prohibit trans youth athletes from competing on teams that identify with their gender. Lawmakers in at least 30 states have introduced legislation to ban …
