U.S. Senate

Someday You Could Be… Jabari Brisport

By Vienne Linsalata age 9 Jabari Brisport is a socialist politician, middle school math teacher, actor and the first Black openly gay state senator-elect for New York’s 25th District. He is fighting for equal access to quality education, combating climate change, enacting criminal justice reform and creating a better response to the COVID-19 pandemic. IndyKids …

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Why Isn’t Congress Passing More Preventative Laws?

Amzad Ali, age 14, and IndyKids Staff   After the February 14 school shooting at in Parkland, Florida, lawmakers in Congress began work on a bipartisan bill to improve the background check system for owning guns. The current background National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was created in 1998. Since then, it has blocked …

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