By ELEANOR HEDGES DUROY, age 11 Communities living in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank have been living under Israeli military occupation since 1967. PHOTO: Kashfi Halford In 2005, Palestinian organizations started the Boycott, Divestment and...
By THEO FRYE YANOS, age 10 Protests over standardized testing have taken place throughout the country. Here a student protests over-testing in Chicago Public Schools. PHOTO: Sarah Ji In January of 2013, teachers and students in Seattle, WA boycotted the mandatory...
By THEO FRYE YANOS, age 10 Illustrations by IVETTE SALOM In April each year, one phrase floats around in all the classrooms that almost every student fears: standardized tests. But where did these standardized tests come from, and how did they become what they are...
Kids protest Hershey’s use of child labor to make their chocolate products. PHOTO: Octavia Davis By MOKGWETZI SIZWE CHAPMAN, age 14 Can’t vote? There are other ways kids can let their voices be heard and fight for their needs. 1. Boycott A boycott is when...
The article “Baseball Fans Take a Swing at Anti-Immigration Law” explains how some people are calling for a boycott of Arizona, in protest of the new immigration law. This cartoon shows an example of another type of boycott. Cartoon by Will Ayres.
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