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Ten Years Later: Still Waging War in Afghanistan

Nov 2nd, 2011 • Category: Featured

October 7, 2011 was the tenth anniversary of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.



The Ten Years After September 11, 2001

Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Featured

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.



Your Turn: The U.S. After September 11

Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Featured

IndyKids asked these kids in Queens, New York, how they feel about the United States government’s decision to go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq after the September 11, 2001 attacks.



Helping Homeless Kids in Lexington, Kentucky

Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Featured

Nine-year-old Amelia Loeffler writes about how her summer lemonade stand benefited homeless kids in her neighborhood.



Famine in Somalia

Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Featured

The United Nations (UN) reports that more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa need food assistance due to the region’s worst drought in 50 years.



From China’s Factories to U.S. Blueberry Farms…

Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: Featured

A look at the conditions of some workers who make Apple iPhones and pick our blueberries.



When a Person You Love Has Alzheimer’s

Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: Featured

If you know someone with Alzheimer’s disease, this article can help you understand what it is and what you can do to help.



Kid-Scientists Make a Discovery

Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: Featured

Fourth-grade paleontologists discover an 11,500 year-old hair from an extinct mastodon!



Mixed: A Book Review

Jun 17th, 2011 • Category: Featured

Mixed is a book of portraits of multi-heritage children, from infants to teenagers.



Someday, You Could Be a: Foreign Correspondent, Just Like Sharif Abdel Kouddous

May 18th, 2011 • Category: Featured

Learn about the exciting life of a Middle East correspondent.