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Child Labor: Americans are unaware of mistreatment of children
Updated on 7/9/2008
From Duke Youth Voice Duke University Young Writers' Camp Durham, NC
Child labor is not as common in the United States as it is in other countries, fortunately. However, this also means that people are not as aware of child labor in America as they are in other countri
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Japanese Americans visit GHS, share WWII stories with students
Updated on 3/17/2008
From The Blue & Gold Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg, MD
Each person took his or her turn and stood up quietly, exhibiting humble politeness, a quality revered in Japanese culture. The speakers described their experiences before, during and after World War
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Americans get a taste of Germany
Updated on 1/29/2008
From The WEB Ames High School Ames, IA
When most students were trying to get used to being back at school in August, seniors Helene Schuck, Laurel Scott, and Nina Carlson were trying to get used to a new culture. On August 1st the three s
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Why Can't Convicts Vote?: Startling Statistics Indicate Millions of Americans Are Prohibited from Voting
Updated on 1/28/2008
From The Panther Press The Academy of Academics and Technology Tallahassee, FL
Unfair laws leave many blacks disenfranchised, regardless of their 15th Amendment rights. Read on for the statistics.
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Recovering traditions: Pow Wows offer Native Americans a chance to reconnect to the past
Updated on 12/21/2007
From Purple Press Northwestern High School Kokomo, IN
The media has always affected the trends of teens, but in the latest years people have been losing their cultural identity and are adopting the popular culture. With losing their cultural identity, th
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Aren’t we all just Young Americans
Updated on 12/14/2007
From The Wayland High Paw Print Press Wayland Union High School Wayland, MI
INGREDIENTS259 Students47 Performers17 Hours10 Schools3 Days2 Shows1 DirectorBring that all together and you have a Young American workshop and show.The Young Americans® or YA as it has been referred;
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Commercialized Christmas: Most Americans feel Christmas has become all about the gifts
Updated on 12/7/2007
From The Tide Dover High School Dover, NH
The season that was once so comforting and jolly is said to now be blinded by the hottest sale on the shelf. You can’t turn on the TV these days without being drawn in by yet another catchy holiday sa
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South Americans visit Media: Foreigners talk about gangs, bad presidents
Updated on 10/25/2007
From The Green & Gold Media College Preparatory High School Oakland, CA
Gangs are a major issue in South American countries, not just in Oakland.Gangs were just one of the issues discussed when South American visitors came to the Media Academy on Sept. 4 to talk to studen
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Music German teenagers similar to Americans
Updated on 6/5/2007
From CyberPlainsman Laramie High School Laramie, WY
The music German teenagers are listening to is not very different from the music American adolescents are listening to today.
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The Smarter Americans
Updated on 5/28/2007
From Paw Prints Ashwaubenon High School Green Bay, WI
Everyone is always saying that the American youth is focusing less on studying and their education and spending more of their time watching television and playing video games. Some experts even say t
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A Symbol For Americans
Updated on 5/15/2007
From Virtually News iQ Academies at Wisconsin Waukesha, WI
The flag of the United States symbolizes freedom and responsibility to America. It symbolizes freedom because of the ideals America was founded on, and constantly strives for: namely life, liberty, a
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Immigrants know more about America than Americans
Updated on 5/8/2007
From The Valley Voice Ligonier Valley High School Ligonier, PA
The world in which we live is drastically making less and less sense. Becoming a singer if you can’t sing doesn’t make sense (Paris Hilton). Celebrating the miracle of Easter by honoring rabbits and
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Paying for Bankrupt Americans
Updated on 4/17/2007
From The Blazing Sun Torrington High School Torrington, WY
What can be done? Can some limit be placed on available credit? When it comes down to it, the debt issue in America reveals that the vast majority of American citizens are spending more money than t
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Aiding Abroad: Young Americans for Political Activism compile care packages
Updated on 4/17/2007
From Tiger Times Tabb High School Yorktown, VA
Young Americans for Political Activism (YAPA) has been honoring the recent anniversary of March 20, 2003 - the date of the invasion into Iraq and serving our men and women in uniform since January.
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Military goes fishing for recruits : Young Americans getting hooked
Updated on 4/2/2007
From Talon Santa Rita High School Tucson, AZ
Since the war on terrorism began, many military leaders feared Americans would stop volunteering for the Armed Forces. This would mean reinstating the draft, but the Department of Defense said the dra
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Americans need to reprioritize
Updated on 3/13/2007
From Bear Facts Lake Zurich High School Lake Zurich, IL
About a month ago, Anna Nicole Smith died. Most likely this is not new “news” to you. With the countless number of news reports splashed across TV, all of the magazines publishing the “dirt” on the
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Everyday Americans Speak Out
Updated on 2/20/2007
From Blue and Gold Aberdeen High School Aberdeen, MD
On January 27th 2007, tens of thousands of people marched in an anti-war demonstration in the National Mall. For nearly a month now, President Bush and his military chiefs have been saying they were
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‘Quote Me’: Are Americans too
Updated on 2/15/2007
From Arapahoe Herald Arapahoe High School Centennial, CO
Imagine everyone’s holiday celebrations at the mall. Each family has reserved a table at the food court and all of the restaurants have prepared a Holiday meal for each table.
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If Americans cared about fashion, they wouldn't eat so much fast food
Updated on 1/31/2007
From Cougar Trax Jackson Central-Merry High School Jackson, TN
Dusan Divac is a foreign exchange student from Serbia and gave us “Americans” a look towards his kind of fashion. He was completely disturbed about our sense of fashion, so we asked him to be our fash
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Are Americans Too Wasteful?
Updated on 1/30/2007
From The Davis Dart Davis High School Kaysville, UT
The only things big in Spain were the pillows.
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