Are the terrible things we say online only terrible in repetition?
“You know, you wait for the end of these things, and then you worry about how they may end,” said FOX News' Shepard Smith as the network chose to air a clip of a carjacker committing suicide by...
View ArticleAfter Aaron
I am still wearing my best black wool dress. I am drained from crying, and from staying awake late last night reading tributes online. I am thinking about what it means to be a suicide survivor. I have...
View ArticleWithout Means: The role of guns in suicide deaths
Lindsay Van Sickle’s dad loved to shoot. He lived on a farm and hunted as a little boy. As an adult, he spent time at the shooting range. He collected what she calls “cowboy guns” and loved the history...
View ArticleDaughter tries to come to terms with father's suicide
A few years ago Anne Emerson decided to visit her mom in Boston while on break from law school. One early morning during her stay they got a phone call. It was about her father … and the news wasn’t...
View ArticleAfter suicide attempt, college student helps others deal with mental illness
Three years ago, Wesleyan college student Molly Jenkins tried to take her own life—twice.Molly told her mom that her suicidal thoughts first began while recovering from a major surgery that left her...
View ArticleAfter the accident: Metra and pedestrian fatalities
Frequent commuters are all too familiar with the pangs of delays: the groans induced by announcements made over a train intercom, or the confusion created when train or bus operators suggest...
View ArticleWhat happens if you try to prevent every suicide?
Each year, nearly three times as many Americans die from suicide as from homicide. More Americans kill themselves than die from breast cancer.As Thomas Insel, longtime head of the National Institute of...
View ArticleSuicide in the Black community
Being Mary Jane is a television drama that airs on the BET Network. The title character is Mary Jane Paul, an African-American broadcast journalist played by Gabrielle Union. Most episodes of the show...
View ArticleMorning Shift: November 3, 2015
When it comes to your sexual and romantic identity, how do you describe yourself? Heterosexual? Gay? Lesbian? Bisexual? What about skoliosexual, lithromantic or aromantic? There are lots more...
View ArticleIn reversal, death rates rise for middle-aged whites
A decades-long decline in the death rate of middle-aged white Americans has reversed in recent years, according to a surprising new analysis released Monday.The cause of the reversal remains unclear....
View ArticleTexas county says Bland was despondent over not meeting bail
HOUSTON — Sandra Bland, the black woman found dead in a Texas county jail this summer, killed herself because she was despondent over her relatives' refusal to quickly bail her out, attorneys for...
View ArticleBiographer Dissects Life of Open Internet Advocate
Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz was always dissatisfied with formal education. He left high school at 14, and dropped out of Stanford twice. He said neither experience really fed the curiosity that...
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