“Developing both of those languages well is very important for immigrants and for any kids of color," said Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University professor and developmental psychologist.
"When I first came, I was scared. There were many people from different countries, talking in their native languages, and like I didn’t really understand what’s going on."
Young journalists typically begin work on a radio project with enthusiasm and a basic idea for a
story.
But where can they go for help to rein in an idea, find the right interviewees, develop questions
or refocus a story idea that didn’t go in the direction planned?
Firdas Abamislimov, 15; Abdullah Abamislimov and Yusuf Abamislimov, both 12; and Maleyka Musoyeva, 15, were born in Russia and miss their friends and family still there, but they consider themselves lucky.
Their ancestors were deported...
When you are young, you are willing to try new things, even if it's not something in which you might excel. For example, you might try out for your school's basketball team. While you are not very tall, have bad eyesight and have never...
Gender discrimination can start innocently, as when grade-school boys yell, "Boys rule, girls drool," on the playground. It can be more insidious, too. Ann DeVilbiss remembers when her little brother became very upset after spotting a...
Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan and first woman ever elected to head an Islamic state, once said, "The ethos of Islam is equality, equality between the sexes. There is no religion on earth that, in its writings and...
When asked what color he would use to describe his life, Ricardo Mendes, 17, of Salvador, Brazil, said he would choose black. "I think black means history, and my color is history," he said. Jefferson Sosazo, 18, also would choose black...
More than 40 years ago, a famous battle was fought in this country. It was not waged over land or money but for equal rights -- the right to drink out of any water fountain, the right to vote. This was the civil rights movement. Last...