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Weaknesses in the U.S. HealthCare System
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What’s it Like to Be a Teen with Social Anxiety
Early Bilingual Education
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“Rift” & “Anticipation”, Two Poems
My Mom’s Frying Pan
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a castle of words
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“half, whole”
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Love in Farsi
Between Gaza and Me
Being Split
Eons of Thought
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Name the Past for Our Future
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Ohana
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Stone Soup
Mr. Liberation Theology
A City of Thieves
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The 2022 Young Poet Awards
Nature Is This and This Is I
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The First Casualties in the War Against Earth
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The Irreversible Apocalypse
Nature Haiku
When Spring Comes
Six Rivers, Many Peoples, One Tree
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Where Were You When I Needed You?
In the Forest within the City Park
Life Is Never Fair
Colors of Ukraine
My Mask
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Festival of Mid-Autumn Moon
Love
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The Unforgettable Memories of School
Fly
The Perfect Family
My View
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In My Wildest Dreams
Dare I Say / Y Me Atrevo a Decir
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Way of Hand and Foot
Ten Square Feet
Beneath the Surface
Amethyst Dream
The Hill We Climb
mud&water, a poem
When my Grandfather Holds my Grandmother
Prose by Youth
The Windmill That Spoke to the Sky
Vesak Celebrations
Making A Difference: Taking Action
From Gauls to Gummies: The International History Olympiad in Paris
Scrambled Lessons
Revenge in Rockford: A Chess Story
Meet Our Contributor: Youtao Cao, Age 9, Japan
Taking Care of North Dakota
“A” Series of Journeys: The Story Behind the Board
A New Chapter of My Life
The Notebook of Not-me
Between Names
One Baby Tooth, One Giant Tantrum
Where is Home to You
Making Wontons
Adam Bobrow, the Voice of Table Tennis
Battle on the Board
American Born Taiwanese
A Simple Act of Kindness
HHR’s 2024 Essay, Art & Multimedia Contest Winners
My Indian Memories
Sustainable Shorelines: Keeping our Beaches Clean
The History of Soccer
Grandma
The Empty Spot
Climate Change Threatens the Future and the Past
Defiance Through Design
The Presidency
Summer Olympics: Paris, France 2024
Whispers in the Waves
Affirmative Action
Dahu Park
A Call for Action: Muslims and Jews Find Community in Nature
Manu and Noah: Strikingly Different, Surprisingly Similar
Ramadan For All
How I Got My Idea
Perfect: A Seven Letter Word
My Happy Place
Butterfly
Skin Pigmentation, Skin Cancer and Vitamin D Deficiency
2023 Essay & Art Contest on Civil and Human Rights
I Have Two Names
Oh, What A Sweet Girl!
It Never Rains in California
The Abscission of Perennial Petals
The Paralyzing Fear of Gun Violence
A Music Room of Our Own
Dear New Yorker
A Joyous Celebration
Army Recruiting in Schools Needs to Stop
Six Things I Learned from Shadowing in A Hospital
My Life Experiences
The crisis in Afghanistan
A Straight Line: Simply Nonexistent
Patbingsu With A Twist
Three Generations of Moroccan Women
Peace Through Awareness
Goldilocks Zone and the Three Planets
A Scallion Pancake Recipe Inspired by French and Asian Cuisines
Weaknesses in the U.S. HealthCare System
Women in S.T.E.M. Contest Winners
New Year’s Resolution
Pumpkin Cakes: A Traditional Chinese Breakfast
Reflection
Celebrate America Creative Writing Contest
Truly
The Most Precious Gift
Should LGBTQ+ Be Taught in Schools?
Voltaire’s Micromegas
180 Days
It was Good to be Back
Overlooked Oppression
Sit by Me
Taiwanese Food
A New Home
The Horse That Jumps
Girl Meets Belief
The Sock Problem
My Love for Written Words
A Journey Behind the Walls
I’m a Young African Elephant Calf
Erwin: A Holocaust Survivor
Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) New Year
Our Buddhist Meditation Class
Blindfolded
Ibn Battuta: The Marco Polo of Islam
Kindness Is Magic
Mother’s Daughter
Xiāng Xiāng
Art by Youth
2025 Civil Rights Art Contest Winners
Meet Our Contributor: Youtao Cao, Age 9, Japan
“A” Series of Journeys: The Story Behind the Board
Christiano Ronaldo, the Great Soccer Player
Art by Leicie Tonouchi, Age 14, Hawaii
Art by Nova R.
Summer Olympics: Paris, France 2024
Art in the Time of War: The Children of Zaporizhzhia
Sketching and Painting a Horse
2023 Essay & Art Contest on Civil and Human Rights
Kaleidoscope of Freedom
What Would Our Ancestors Think
The First Casualties in the War Against Earth
Horse Dream
Happika Creature
Art Essay by Jaeyeon Kim
Tiger Car
The Yellow Bird
Colors of Ukraine
My Mask
Fire Dragon
Writing & Art by Adults
Chinese Americans of Historical Significance
On Being An Upstander
Hong Yen Chang
The Little Princess and the Colorful Butterflies
No Phone, No Problem
Beneath the Shade of Truth
Patron, The Warrior Terrier
King of the Soup Dumplings: Yang Bing-Yi
A Photo Essay on Trees
A Letter to my Grandchildren
The Harvesters & Escaping Hunger Pangs
The Girl who Saved the American Pilot
Knowledge is Power, Hope is Healing
The Birth of the First Human
Save Them Bears
Pamela and the Patient Cactus
The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Hazel Lee, Chinese American Fighter Plane Pilot
History Comes Alive in St. Augustine, Florida
Memories of Dumplings
Still A Student?
Ruth Koenig: A Jolly Good Fellow!
Born To Be A Chef: Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
Welcoming Autumn
A Friend That Never Was
Nature’s Quest
Friendship
Summer Work
Embracing the Unknown
Smoky Skies
Seven Stars to Guide Us
World Environment Day, June 5
Watercolor Paintings by Chloe Onorato
Miya’s Summer Bubbles
It’s Time to Abandon War
The Secret
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
The Goal
Mona Lisa Memories
A S.T.E.M. Woman from India
Mariana on the Night Shift
Irwin Noparstak, Social Justice Advocate
The King of Maragor
Polly Bemis: A Pioneer Chinese Woman in the Northwest
While the World was Fixated on the Folly of Billionaires
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
The Big Gardens
A Letter to my Grandchildren
Beneath A Tree
The Alchemy of Love
Color Me!
Andy’s Birthday Surprise
Sustainability and Sustainable Consumption
Peace in Ukraine
The Navajo Code Talkers
Making Peace in Corona
Remembering Kwanzza
In Search of Cool
What Peace Is to Me
The Sweetest Treat
Sunflowers and Thoughts of Ukraine
Discrimination Against Asians in the United States
The Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII
Celebrating Women’s History Month
The Grotto
The Swing
Gone Bananas
Longing to Leave
Nice Rice
Renowned Cartoonist Robb Armstrong
Art by Sophie Navarro
Snake Island
Haenyeo, the Sea Women of Korea
Life Aboard an Iceberg
Poems and Photos from the Bhalukhali Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh
Words of Disbelief
A Gift
Mrs. Anne’s Closet
The Boy who Wanted to be a Bullfighter
A Chinese-American Pioneer for Suffrage
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