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A new bill in Congress aims to end a longstanding disparity that limits long-term disability coverage for mental health and substance use disorders to just 24 months — regardless of severity.
Despite years of pledges to address systemic racism and discriminatory discipline practices, the most recent state data show that two school districts, Sacramento City Unified and Elk Grove Unified, continue to suspend Black students at some of the highest rates in California.
Lack of menopause research, especially for women of color, limits treatment. Advocates are pushing for more funding, with studies like SWAN working to close the gap.
A lack of Asian foster parents makes family reunions harder to reach for Asian families.
Chinese immigrant parents risk losing children to the foster system due to cultural, language, and legal gaps. With few Asian foster homes, kids often lose heritage and ties to family.
Torn apart in foster care, the consequences of family separation rippled through the lives of Amy and her sisters – and then their children.
Years after her son’s death on Highway 9, a mother still waits for safety upgrades as slow reforms begin to address a deadly road design in rural Santa Cruz County.
Cuts to federal research funding may delay a potential hepatitis B cure, as trials led by UCSF progress. Asian Americans remain the most affected group by the disease.
Black youth face systemic racism, trauma, and abuse in foster care. Advocates push reforms, kinship care, and support to break cycles and improve outcomes.
