By Isha Seth, age 11
The Pentagon is now enforcing new rules targeting far-right extremism and white supremacy within the U.S. military following the Jan. 6 insurrection. NPR analysis found that nearly one out of every five rioters charged for their participation in the riot has a connection to the U.S. military.Â
At most public high school job fairs in the United States, students will run into military recruiters. In 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act passed, containing a small section requiring public schools to give over all student contact information to the military and allow recruiters to visit school campuses.
Millions of people watched the video KONY 2012. Here is a look at some facts the movie left out.
The practice of the U.S. military using unmanned planes to kill people in other countries is controversial and may be illegal.
Nine years after invading and occupying Iraq, U.S. military forces officially left the country in December, leaving behind a mammoth embassy.
October 7, 2011 was the tenth anniversary of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Right after the 9/11 attacks, the United States government launched two wars, creating hundreds of thousands more victims, and took away rights and freedoms of people living in the United States, too. Here, IndyKids takes a look at what has happened after, and in the name of, September 11, 2001.
Many people celebrated the news of bin Laden’s death feeling that justice had been served. For others, the announcement raised a lot of questions.
Find out about Gabriel, age 11, from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
As a civil war begins in the North African country of Libya, the United States and other Western nations take a side and send in troops.
