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How a ‘drumbeat’ approach helped us tell the story of Michigan’s failure to curb student restraint and seclusion
Publishing shorter pieces on a regular basis helped keep sustained attention on the issue.
Technology could improve pregnancy care for low-income patients — if health systems can pay for it
The patients who need these potentially lifesaving services the most can’t always get them.
Coronavirus Files: Pandemic endangers minority cancer patients, pregnant people
In other news, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at vaccine and mask mandates.
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Extended interview with the mother of the woman who gave birth at Hacienda HealthCare
This story was supported by the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2022 National Fellowship
Hearing the lived experiences of two women transformed my reporting on poor air quality
A reporter learns the importance of telling stories for communities rather than about them.
Thousands are waiting in jail for state hospital beds. Is help coming?
After years of steady waitlist growth, state data shows a glimmer of hope for an eventual turnaround.
Coronavirus Files: Congress investigates pandemic response as White House eyes end of emergency
GOP-led House takes aim at COVID origins, U.S. response. Also, public health experts see value in monitoring wastewater to detect new viral threats.
When the story gets personal: How I reported on my own culture and community
A reporter reflects on lessons from reporting on Cambodian refugees in California still grappling with the trauma of genocide.
This San Diego child care gives kids ‘a higher chance of thriving.’ But California doesn’t pay providers enough to cover their costs
California reimburses providers based on what families can pay, rather than what it costs to provide care. To bridge the gap, providers serving the state’s neediest children must get by on low pay
Crisis intervention training puts Muskegon educators a step ahead
Some educators in Michigan are training to avoid using restraint and seclusion in the classroom, here's how.
Family fled Michigan schools to get help for their son. They found it in Pennsylvania.
Fed up with a Michigan school system that used seclusion on their autistic son, Bennett Solomond's parents moved the family to Pennsylvania in 2019.
