A photo illustration for the Uvalde student voices essays. (Photo illustration by Dan Lyon / Chalkbeat; Photos by xijian, Archive Holdings Inc. and SimpleImages / Getty Images)
Student voices on Uvalde: Our leaders ‘are just not going to protect us’
American teens have grown up practicing active shooter drills and scrolling through ‘thoughts and prayers’ tweets. Here, they share how gun violence affects their lives, schools, and neighborhoods.