“The research tells us that we have got to find a live person to go to them, particularly Black and brown kids, because if we don’t, they’ll get lost.”
— Dr. Rodney Harris, UNC School of Medicine's Suicide Prevention Institute, who enlists barber shops and churches to help reach young men

The theories are many, but among them are that young men of color continue to be reluctant to seek help for mental health struggles.

The suicide rate for Black people ages 18-27 has surpassed the white rate. The rate for Hispanic young people also has risen.

via @stateline.org

For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are now reaching their late 20s, suicide is taking more lives than 10 years ago — when millennials were the same age.

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Analysis from @tim-henderson.bsky.social for @stateline.org

Check out how fast they're being born in your state:

A fifth of Americans are on Medicaid. Some of them have no idea.
What's Medicaid called in your state?

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