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Freedom of Speech Series: Public Schools

Post Published May 18, 2022 by Anirudh Parthasarathy

In 1966, in a packed hearing in Delano, California, then New York Senator, Robert F Kennedy, was arguing with the county sheriff, LeRoy Gaylen. LeRoy had arrested union organizers who had committed no...
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Reviewed by Grace, 13

Post Published May 5, 2022 by Grace Huang

One of the most classic Southern Gothic novels, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee from a little girl Scout's perspective, tells the story of the struggles for justice in an Alabama town dur...
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Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II, Reviewed by Brais, 12

Post Published April 7, 2022 by Brais Macknik-Conde

Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II, by Alan Gratz, is a historical fiction novel set in Nazi Germany, 1943. Michael O’Shaunessey, a 13-year-old-boy, is an Irish and German citizen and the son of ...
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Book Club Report: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Post Published January 31, 2022 by Maya Mahony

An update from our thirty-second book club meeting! On January 29th, we discussed Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis. Students attended from all over the United States and we had an engaging...
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Weekly Creativity #185 | Flash Contest #39: Pretend You’re Explaining COVID-19 to People in the Distant Past…

Post Published January 3, 2022 by Molly Torinus

Pretend you’re explaining COVID-19 to people in the distant past, and write a scene around this. To submit to this month's Flash Contest, click here.
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Book Club Report: The Austen Girls, Lucy Worsley

Post Published December 15, 2021 by Laura Moran

An update from our thirty-first Book Club meeting! On Saturday, September 11th, our final Book Club meeting of the year, we were so very fortunate to be joined by renowned author and historian, Lucy ...
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My Encounter with Nelson Mandela, a short story by Olivia Shekou, 12

Post Published August 25, 2021 by Stone Soup Editors

My Encounter with Nelson Mandela Olivia Shekou, 12 Just last week, I flew to New York to visit my aunt, a lawyer for the United Nations who speaks three official languages of the United Nati...
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Why Bobby Kennedy Is Inspirational

Post Published July 26, 2021 by Anirudh Parthasarathy

“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million ...
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Socialism Reexplained: Age of Reason to Cold War

Post Published July 8, 2021 by Anirudh Parthasarathy

Socialism Reexplained: Age of Reason to Cold War Anirudh Parthasarathy, 13 History of Socialism In order to understand socialism as a whole, we have to understand how nineteenth century capital...
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Ramses the Great

Post Age 11 Published June 14, 2021 by Daniel Zhu

Ramses II is considered to be one of the greatest Egyptian pharaohs of all time, earning him the moniker Ramses the Great. He lived somewhere in between 1303 BC and 1213 BC, ruling from 1290 to 1224 B...
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