Having their elders sent to boarding school or suffering from addiction "likely contributes to the moment that an Indigenous person finds themself encountering the police,” one expert said.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
The loss of pandemic-era federal money leaves Nebraska s food banks and advocates looking for volunteers and donations to help prevent hunger, especially in the state’s vast rural areas.
For the first time in 221 years, more than a trillion of two particular periodical cicada broods are set to surface this spring. The last time this emergence happened was in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president and busy finalizing the Louisiana Purchase.