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Child Gold Miners in Africa Have to Deal With Floods, Collapse, and Now, Al Qaeda
Hundreds of children are stuck working in gold mines in Burkina Faso, regarded as the newest front line in the war on terror.
What Having Anxiety as a Child Feels Like
“When I was 10, I was called out to read something. But I got so intimidated that I ended up peeing in front of the entire class. As a kid, you just endure whatever you’re feeling with the assumption that it is what it is.”
We Should Be Talking More About Opening Schools and Less About Businesses
Education experts (and desperate parents) are begging us to actually, seriously think of the children.
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Time for your weekly edition of Drew Magary’s Funbag. Today, we're talking about baseball, sandwiches, birthdays, mustard, and more.
She Was Lured into Sex Slavery Through Facebook. Now She Wants to Stop Mark Zuckerberg From Making Victims ‘Invisible.’
A shareholder activist group wants Facebook to take steps to protect children from sexual abuse before implementing end-to-end encryption.
American Children Are Going Hungry in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Rates of food insecurity among kids have reached “an extent unprecedented in modern times.”
How Sex Workers Tell Their Kids About Their Job
Potential stigma and adult themes makes discussing sex work with children a delicate balancing act.
Julian Assange Secretly Fathered 2 Kids While Hiding Out in the Ecuadorian Embassy
He's engaged to the mother, a lawyer who helped with his case.
22 Million Kids Rely on School for Meals. Here's What They're Doing During Closures.
School systems across the country weigh "grab-and-go" schemes to feed low-income kids while not exposing them or staff to COVID-19.
All Hail the 6-Year-Old 'Shirley Temple King'
Leo Kelly has taught us that there are four elements to the perfect Shirley Temple—and he can easily tell which restaurants nail them.
Delta Dumped Jet Fuel on a Bunch of Elementary School Kids. What. The. Hell.
The pilots may have dumped fuel at a lower altitude than permitted by the FAA.