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Stories by Monique

Puerto Rican youths compare U.S. with their native island

By Ashley Kenton, , Monique Morris, , Anthony Martin, , Michael Seats, , Evan Dunkin,

In September, Children's Express talked with two girls who had moved here from Puerto Rico - Beneliz Santiago, 16, and her sister Odemaris, 13. Although most people know Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean and the majority of people who live there speak Spanish, many people don't know Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, which means it is under the protection of the United States.

To fight poverty, they arm themselves with a wealth of knowledge

By Misty Moore, , Monique Morris, , Claire Hurst,

To many Americans, poverty seems too much of a problem for them to tackle. Instead, they push it out of their minds and comfort themselves by saying, "What can I do? I'm only one person." Unless you have experienced it, poverty is difficult to comprehend. Unfortunately, in 1994, more than 16 million children in America had to live with the problem, 159,000 of whom lived in Indiana. A group of