Spending the summer in Florida with her stepfather's sister who operates a "meals-on-wheels" van, twelve-year-old Chlo? and her aunt become involved in a controversy surrounding the wearing of T-back bathing suits.
When her grandmother chains herself to the tree across from the school to save it from being cut down, fourth-grader Annie wants to die of humiliation, but when she discovers the town's history, her attitude changes.
Chronicles the history of the peace symbol, from its origins as a nuclear disarmament symbol in the 1950s through its many uses for activist idealism in the following decades and into the twenty-first century.
A collection of international documents that examine how the public has expressed dissent in various regions around the world and throughout history, covering key events and figures in the history of protest.
Examines the life and presidency of Syrian president Bashar Assad and how he has chosen to react to the Arab Spring-inspired protests in his own country.