1972 – 2022: How Much Has Really Changed In 50 Years?
By Layla Maria Caba, age 10, Neena Sapkota, age 13, Cayzlen Rodriguez, age 9 abd Madison Harris, age 11
American history
A Brief History of Policing in the United States
By Aman Mehrota, age 10 and IndyKids Staff The United States police forces are a pretty modern invention. Early police forces were privately funded systems governed by the rich white elite to protect property. Some say that systemic racism has always been the foundation of policing in the United States and slave patrols of the …
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IndyTeens Op-Ed: Confederate Statues? Take Them Down!
By Lukas Azcurrain, age 14 Monuments that commemorate Confederate soldiers and other racist historical figures whose fortunes were built on the slave trade have been at the forefront of recent conversations in the United States. After the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement was revitilized, and people started to take to the …
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How Is the Story of America Told? Illuminating History to Better Understand the Past, the Present and Our Future
History can be an exciting and fascinating window into the past—learning about inspiring people and how they helped create what we have today. But there are some parts of history that are painful and difficult to tell. Oftentimes these traumatic events in our past might be downplayed, misrepresented or left out altogether, depending on who …
Letters to the Editor (November/December, 2012)
Readers respond to the 2012 presidential election, animal rights, American history and more.
