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In Part One of the Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we examine the challenges that were roiling the state health department even before this year’s federal cuts introduced new hurdles, and how officials are responding.
Federal rollbacks are leaving farmers and schools struggling, but local investment is helping Tucson’s program endure.
Tras las redadas migratorias y el endurecimiento de políticas en Texas, Jocelyn Rojo, de 11 años, se quitó la vida. En el norte del estado, faltan consejeros bilingües, dejando a jóvenes hispanos sin apoyo emocional.
A new Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis.
The city has adopted a ‘multifactorial approach to a multifactorial problem’ and has seen a 37% reduction in deaths since the national peak of the crisis
Sacramento County uses Black “cultural brokers” to help Black families navigate CPS and keep kids out of foster care. The program reunites families but is fighting for long-term funding.
After Camp Resolution was cleared, Black Sacramentans like Satearah “Murphy,” Chop, and James describe loss, displacement and the need for support.
“It felt like all of my skin was burning. It filled my limbs, like, my whole body with little welts,” one mother told The Tribune through an interpreter.
在聖蓋博谷，為尋找可負擔住房的弱勢華人移民所設的「家庭旅館」或「寄宿屋」已存在多年。
對新來者而言，這些地方往往是落腳的第一站；
對年長者而言，則可能成為人生的最後一個住所。
有些人已在同一間寄宿屋住了數十年，早已對他人難以接受的惡劣環境認命。
這些寄宿屋狹窄、危險、缺乏尊嚴，
但同時也是一張脆弱的安全網，讓許多長者免於流落街頭。
