Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Here’s what to know about flood insurance.
Health Equity & Social Justice
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring.
Frequent heavy rainfall in Southeast Michigan over the last decade has raised awareness of indoor mold among homeowners and renters. As water recedes after a flood, mold can develop within as little as 48 hours.
For people in treatment for substance use disorder, the weeks and months after Hurricane Helene unraveled lives they’d spent years rebuilding.
Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst. But what about the next emergency?
Recovery from substance use disorder requires community. What happens when a disaster tears that apart?
The disparities become even more alarming when looking at transgender and nonbinary youth.
A reporter drives 5,500 miles across Mississippi and gains a fresh appreciation for journalism that's accountable to the people whose lives it documents.
Arizona lacks workplace heat safety rules, leaving outdoor workers at risk of death as climate change worsens extreme weather events. A reporter combines data, public records and worker voices to highlight the danger.