Archives for the ‘Culture & Activism’ Category

Banks May Leave You Broke

Apr 16th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

The Move Your Money project helps people switch from big banks to small ones.



Someday, you could be a Radio Producer, just like Mythili Rao

Mar 12th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

What goes on behind the scenes at a daily radio news program.



Your Turn: Kids Talk About Paid Sick Leave

Mar 12th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

IndyKids asks kids what they think about the fact that 87.7 percent of restaurant workers in New York City do not get paid sick leave.



Your Turn: Kids Tell Obama What They Think About Guns

Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

Kids respond to the December 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.



Someday You Could Be A Climate Research Scientist, Just like Daniel Bader

Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

Learn what it’s like to be a climate research scientist like Daniel Bader.



I Love Soccer

Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

A bilingual personal essay.



Occupy Sandy: “Mutual Aid, Not Charity”

Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

PHOTO: OCCUPY SANDY/NICHOLAS ISABELLA
By GEORGIA REED-STAMM, age 10
Occupy Sandy is a mutual aid movement that grew out of Occupy Wall Street and started right after Hurricane Sandy. All the workers are volunteers. They help people who were left devastated by giving objects that are needed, raising money for the victims, and dedicating their time.
One of [...]



College Science Teachers Biased Against Women, Study Finds

Feb 9th, 2013 • Category: Culture & Activism

Teachers at American colleges did not think women were as qualified to work in science jobs as men, in a new study from Yale University. This study is only the most recent of many reports that show a bias against women in the sciences.



Someday, You Could Be an Artist and Writer, Just Like Marisa Jahn

Nov 21st, 2012 • Category: Culture & Activism

Learn what it takes to become an artist and writer like Marisa Jahn!



Are You a Bully?

Nov 21st, 2012 • Category: Culture & Activism

One out of ten kids in primary school get bullied as often as every day; but, there are ways to resist bullying.