What Patriotism Looks Like: A 6-Year-Old Raised $13,000 For Migrant Kids
The lemonade stand in Atlanta, Georgia. Courtesy of Shannon Cofrin Gaggero Hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets last weekend to demand the Trump administration reunite kids and parents who were separated at the border. A 6-year-old boy in Atlanta also had an idea: Make money by selling lemonade, and give it to…
These Americans Wanted To Show Migrant Kids They Weren’t Alone
They came by the hundreds, rushing to the airport where little kids were being flown in from Texas. Supporters in New York headed to LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday night to tell these kids that even though they were separated from their parents by other Americans, they were not alone—and they were loved. Mother Jones’ Mark…
Here’s How You Can Help Migrant Kids and Families Right Now
Protestors in Philadelphia, PA. Michael Candelori/Pacific Press/ZUMA Wire It’s one of the biggest fundraisers in Facebook history. In 11 days, more than 525,000 Americans have given over $20 million to help asylum-seekers and migrants at the border. And after President Donald Trump criticized the comedian as “whimpering,” Jimmy Fallon told his 51.2 million Twitter followers he was making a…
He Was Told He Couldn’t Let Migrant Kids Comfort Each Other—So He Quit
CNN Antar Davidson quit a government-contracted shelter for immigrant kids when superiors ordered him to tell young siblings that they were not allowed to hug. “When I received this order, I realized, because of the way that things were going, there would be more situations that would arise in which I was asked to do things…
School Officials Tried to Stop Her From Talking About Sexual Assault. She Wouldn’t be Silenced.
Lulabel Seitz after her microphone was shut off.Erik Castro/The Press Democrat/AP No, Lulabel Seitz would not shut up. The first in her family to graduate high school, the Petaluma, Calif., senior wouldn’t let school administrators stop her from publicly talking about sexual assault at school. “Let her speak!” her classmates shouted when her mic was cut,…
The Middle Schoolers Who Flipped a Crashed Car, and Other Stories of Kids Putting Adults to Shame
The Boise football players with the couple they rescued.Screenshot via the Idaho Daily Statesman The 13- and 14-year-olds of an Idaho football team were jubilant on their way home through Oregon after winning a tournament in California. Then they saw the overturned car and a couple stuck inside—and they got to work. Alan Hardman said…