Did Joaquin Luna Commit Suicide Over The DREAM Act?

By Cindy Casares The day after Thanksgiving, 18 year-old high school student Joaquin Luna of Mission, Texas, put on a suit and tie, kissed his family goodbye, went into the […]

Today marks the tenth year of the beginning of the war effort in the Middle East.  On October 7th 2001, the U.S. government sent combat troops into Afghanistan, and would later invade […]

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Latina youth attempt suicide at rates that are often twice that of other ethnic groups, we’ve reported on this before and noted that one reason may be the culture clash […]

Sara Inés Calderón speaks with Prof. Luis H. Zayas about his decades-long research into the rate of suicide attempts in Latinas.