The Daily Populous

Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.

The state saw a 43% decrease in Native American suicide rates from 2022 to 2023, according to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) Center for Health Protection.

In 2011, following several suicide clusters — deaths by suicide that occur in a community in a short span of time — involving Native youth, New Mexico passed a set of bills to create a clearinghouse of culturally-centered Native American suicide prevention resources. »

Pass the Torch, a grassroots Democratic group that called for former President Biden to step out of the 2024 presidential race, is now calling for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to resign as minority leader.

“Chuck Schumer is unwilling and unable to meet the moment,” Pass the Torch said in a statement Friday.

The group said the Senate minority leader should resign “to make way for leaders who will actually fight for the American people.”. »

The officials explained that the likelihood of a U.S invasion depended on the level of cooperation shown by the Panamanian military.

Trump has repeatedly refused to rule out use of military force to seize control of the vital U.S.-built waterway, as well as Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

"In short," Illueca added, "the way forward for Panama lies in replacing strategic dissonance with strategic clarity. »

Now released, Carlos Ortega went through the virtual reality program in March of last year while in solitary confinement at Corcoran state prison.

But prisons that have piloted the VR program report a 96% reduction in infractions from incarcerated participants in solitary confinement, according to Creative Acts.

However, participants said the small doses of virtual freedom and exposure to the outside world shifted their behaviors and perceptions more than solitary confinement ever did. »