Crownpoint, N.M. is a tough place to start a business. In part, because aspiring entrepreneurs confront a tangle of challenges. Continue Reading →
History, geography cramp brick-and-mortar food options in Crownpoint
|
Commentary: ‘Be the person who doesn’t hold back from this’
|
If I learned one thing from the young people I’ve met while reporting this project, it’s that my daughter needs me to listen without judgment, forsaking the temptation to give advice or prattle on about my own childhood experiences. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Children, Health, Poverty
Parenting, communication and compassion help prevent suicide
|
The New Mexico Suicide Prevention Coalition’s Laura Harrison has some tips for talking about suicide and loss. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Children, Crime, Health, Poverty
Caring, understanding help combat youth suicide
|
Silence can be deadly
|
Studies show that talking about suicidal thoughts reduces the risk of a young person acting on those thoughts. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Children, Crime, Health, Poverty
Confronting a long tradition of silence
|
Editor’s note
|
Native American youth face higher suicide risk
|
New Mexico’s Native American youth die by suicide at a rate twice as high as that seen among people of other ethnicities. And our analysis suggests that official databases underestimate the true number of lives lost. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Children, Crime, Economy, Education, Health, Poverty
Listen to radio show on FEMA response in Indian Country
|
New Mexico In Depth helped produce an episode of Native America Calling on how the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s policies and procedures work – and sometimes, don’t – in Indian Country. Click on the headline to listen. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment
Monday radio show addresses FEMA response in Indian Country
|
On Monday, the national radio program Native America Calling will host a show that New Mexico In Depth helped produce about how the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s policies and procedures work – and sometimes, don’t – in Indian Country. Continue Reading →