April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.
The region is the go-to place for helicopter reporting on poverty. But we wanted to provide more than snapshots and to tell stories that also show the resilience and innovation arising from this region.
This story was reported with the support of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, a program of the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism.
This story was produced for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.
More collaboration could help Arizona families avoid crises and keep children out of foster care, local service providers say.
Rufino Jiménez is a legal U.S. resident who pays $17 a month for health insurance he receives through his employer. But he does not have time to go see a doctor — he doesn't even have time to stop and eat his lunch. His struggles are far from unique.
The federally funded migrant education program is designed to address the health and education needs of mostly poor children of migrant farmworkers. Many aren't event aware of the program. So it's worth asking, Just how well is the program working?
Black Market for Health Services operates indiscriminately in cities near the border between the two countries.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday not to intervene in Texas’ ongoing abortion litigation, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are working to secure access to the procedure for women across the state.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday not to intervene in Texas’ ongoing abortion litigation, Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are working to secure access to the procedure for women across the state....