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There once lived a little boy in South Africa whose name sounded like a song: Rolihlahla. It meant “troublemaker” ..
I remember the hot sun in Iraq. It was just the desert, the sand. And rocks. That’s all. I can’t ..
An estimated 800,000 young people who were brought to the United States as children have applied for a government ..
“I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me. You filled me with ..
“Oh dear,” Linus Baker said, wiping the sweat from his brow. “This is most unusual.” ..
I got my morning chores and schoolwork done at lightning speed so I could get to the boards–maybe ..
“Hey, Adam, is the president mom’s boss now?” “No, Yousif, the president’s ..
Tonight my face was Seafoam Blue. Not my whole face. Just a light swish across my fore- head, the tops ..
“It’s her choice.” Mama says. Looking slightly defeated. “I told her as long as it’s a natural ..
When we first got to Milwaukee and I walked with Aunt Vera into town for groceries, I thought there was so many ..
As young people, you are much closer to remembering than adults. Remember a time when you were connected ..
Words and ways of thinking are changing all the time as old, limiting beliefs transform and evolve. What ..
Red is a rainbow color. Green sits next to blue Yellow, orange, violet, indigo, they are rainbow colors, ..
Neither of her parents had attended college, so she didn’t have much help with the application ..
My name is Wakaja haja piiwiga, which means “Beautiful Thunder Woman”. I am from the Ho-Chunk ..
Climbing the stairs, I headed to the bedroom in the back of the house that I shared with Eddie and Billy. ..
Before first light came to the land, all of the animals of the forest gathered around the pond. As they ..
Many years ago, by a lake in Northern Canada, there lived a girl named Marie. She spoke French and she spoke ..
“Rise and shine, sunshine,” its my wake-up call. But just for a moment, my eyes cling to last ..
I do not understand why I have to speak Korea at home so I will not forgot where I come from. Why did we move ..
Practice Coach reads to us from The Art of War: A winning strategy is not about planning, he says. It’s ..
Grandfather has told me that I must have the night eyes of an owl, a nose as keen as a bear’s and ears ..
Shannon watched her grandma turn the jingles. Not many people know how to do this. “Grandma, did you dance ..