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 …
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By Gibran Williams, age 11 and IndyKids staff
In August, more than 60 foreign workers employed for the World Cup preparations were arrested, and many deported, for protesting unfair working conditions and unpaid wages.
By Rosell Estrella, age 10 and IndyKids Staff COVID-19 was first detected in Wuhan, China, late in 2019. The subsequent worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus has with it spread xenophobia and racism toward many people of Asian descent. President Donald Trump and Republican allies fueled the spread of xenophobic rhetoric toward Asian Americans by …
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By Amedeo Max Bettauer, age 10 and IndyKids staff Tod Robbins, the founder of Utah Valley Mutual Aid, received a call from a woman speaking Spanish, a language he was rusty in and hadn’t practiced since college. But he knew from her voice that she was desperate. So he called Cesar, a Spanish-speaking volunteer within …
By Clara Wong and May Mcgrath age 10 and IndyKids Staff Pronunciation for Uyghur- WEE-gor Human Rights Watch has called on the Chinese government to immediately release all Uyghur children being held in so-called child welfare institutions and boarding schools in Xinjiang — an autonomous region in China’s northwest that borders Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. …
By Lucia Mejia Cardenas, age 11 Janvieve Williams Comrie is an Afro-Latina activist living in the Bronx. Not only has she worked with several human rights organizations, including the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights Regional Office for Central America, but she has also started her own and is working on a book …
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On September 26, 2014, 43 students training to become teachers at Raul Isidro Burgos Normal Rural School of Ayotzinapa, Mexico, were declared missing. There have been massive demonstrations throughout Mexico and in major global cities calling for justice.
In the last few years, many victories have been won LGBTQ individuals throughout the world. However, there is still much work to be done.
Bill used to drive a yellow taxi in NYC for 30 years, but now fights for taxi worker rights.
The Latin American country of Bolivia recently made world history by passing the first law that gives nature the same rights as humans.
