By Amaya Flores-Montero, age 11 and IndyKids Staff
Thousands of prisoners across Alabama went on strike in Sept. 2022 demanding better working conditions and improved medical and mental health treatment.
By Javier Hsu, age 11 Some workers wanted more than a New Year’s resolution this year. They wanted better working conditions at their job. In January 2023, New York City nurses and Amazon workers in the United Kingdom went on strike, reflecting a general rising dissatisfaction felt by many employees of powerful companies. On Jan. …
By Freya-Victoria Sansing, age 11
For companies all over the world, unions have been controversial as long as they have existed. According to Labor Department data, in 2022 the percentage of union memberships went down significantly, yet support for unions is at an all-time high.
By Alessandro Marroquin, age 11 In the last year there has been a surge in strikes across the world. According to a database run by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the United States saw 374 large-scale strikes occurring in 2022 alone, a 50% increase since 2021. The onset of the 2020 pandemic …
By Leila Breland-shinn, age 11 Workers all around the world have been striking in record numbers. According to the Global Rights Index, which covers 148 countries, these workers have good reason: The index found that workers’ rights violations hit a record high in 2022. But what exactly are workers’ rights? Labor is something that most …
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By Khanya Stroman, age 13 Gardens are not just for the good for the way they smell and look, but they can also improve the long-term health of kids, a new Texas-based education program has found. Elementary and middle school kids from low-income backgrounds have participated in the Texas Sprouts program. The students learned about …
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By Gwen Douthat, age 12 Don’t judge a book by its cover. That is a saying that has been around for a while. Unfortunately, people do not always listen. The world is filled with stereotypes about almost everything, and this is why Ronni Abergel and his brother Dany founded the Human Library, a nonprofit organization …
“Unjudge Someone”: THE HUMAN LIBRARY, Where People Are the Books Read More »
By Ayla Holloway, age 12 Kynala Phillips is a service journalism reporter who works at the Kansas City Star. In 2021, Kynala won the Milwaukee Press Club award for best hard news feature for a piece that she wrote on Black maternal health disparities in Green Bay, Wis. Becoming a journalist can change the way …
Someday You Could Be… An Award-Winning Journalist Like Kynala Phillips! Read More »
By Shanti Hubbard-Bennett, age 12 Six years ago, one of my mom’s closest friends lost his home and had nowhere to go. I felt sad for him and worried about my own family. In December, on her first day as mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass declared a state of emergency on houselessness. In the …
Personal Report: The Number of Unhoused People in Los Angeles Makes Me Sad Read More »
Meet Luca, a 13-year-old IndyKids reporter from Queens, New York. Luca has been a reporter for the IndyKids newspaper since 2021 and has also produced a podcast for our Climate Crisis Podcast series. Recently, Luca was interviewed on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and covered the most recent Youth Climate Strike in New York, where …
