By Juan Cortes, age 10 Teachers in Chicago, home to the country’s third-largest school district, ended their historic 11-day strike in late October after the city agreed to meet many of the teachers’ demands. The agreement included reduced class sizes, having a nurse...
Jesus Hernandez, age 10 May 1 is known as May Day. May Day has two very different meanings: In some places, May Day is a holiday for welcoming the spring; on the other hand, it is recognized as a day for celebrating workers, highlighting the problems that low-waged...
Call for Higher Wages By AMZAD ALI, age 12 On April 15, 2015, fast food workers nationwide held protests demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage, earned sick time and fair work hours. PHOTO: The All-Nite Images In November 2015, the state of New York became the first to...
By THEO FRYE-YANOS, age 11 In Inequality for All, Robert Reich explores why the United States has so much income inequality, and why the financial gap between the rich and the poor is widening. IMAGE: Inequality for All Inequality for All is a 2013 documentary film...
By ALEJANDRA PAULINO, age 11 PHOTO: Larry Darling School bus drivers in New York City were on strike from January 16 to February 15, 2013. As members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, they wanted the city to add to their contract that the most experienced bus drivers...
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