If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.

“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

Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors familiar with the incident, who shared their belief that the top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.

Firearms and premature births are among the leading causes of death.