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Meet the U.S. students confronting racism, injustice and a pandemic Raleigh, United States Photography by Callaghan OHare and Reuters Photographers. Reporting by Sharon Bernstein, Brad Brooks, Donna Bryson and Maria Caspani. Added today 30 images ...

KUNC Deelia Sherman, a junior at Stanley Lake High School in Westminster, sits on Jeffco’s Indian Education Student Council. Every two years, the state conducts the Healthy Kids Colorado survey. It asks teens questions about a range of topics, from their health and home life to substance abuse. Data from the 2019 survey, taken before the pandemic, shows Indigenous teens are abusing hard drugs more than their peers. To curb use, one school district is turning to culture for its prevention effo...