Insights

Overdose fatalities rose in 2020, with Black people at high risk; cases on the rise, but vaccines remain politicized; Pfizer's booster remains uncertain.

Facilities housing just 1% of the population saw at least one in four of last year’s COVID-19 deaths. My reporting seeks deeper answers about what went wrong.

Alzheimer’s affects older Black and Hispanic people at much higher rates than whites, but it's largely undiagnosed and untreated in these communities.

Babies and pregnant women in Oklahoma have some of the worst health outcomes in the nation. A new project will share the stories of women and families affected by the state’s shortcomings.

California jails have increasingly outsourced health care to private companies. But at what cost? A new reporting project seeks answers.

State law targets drug users, jamming courts with throwaway cases that burden justice system and users. A new reporting project digs into the story.

To be a Black student in Pittsburgh Public Schools means the odds are stacked against you — and have been for decades. What can change that?

Three very different tragedies from a state where hunting is very popular and guns are widely accessible.

Last spring, the coronavirus tore through the state’s meat processing plant facilities. What changes are being made as a result?

While city residents turned to Zoom, Amazon and Netlifx during COVID-19, the digital divide has left many residents of a Washington state tribal reservation shut out of "normal life."