Immigration status is not the only source of worry for farmworkers in California. Financial stress cause many in the Central Valley additional psychological distress.
Community Safety
A small town in the California foothills faces chronic water system failures, leaks, and contamination, with aging infrastructure, limited funds, and uncertain future threatening its community and fire safety.
Over the past 12 years in Santa Cruz County, 86 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed and more than 3,000 have been injured, state records show.
Cleanups lag in communities of color here, more so than region-wide, according to a new Public Press analysis.
Language barriers in healthcare leave many immigrants, like older Hmong patients, without proper support—leading to misdiagnoses, poor care, and preventable harm.
As immigration enforcement tightens under the Trump administration, there are a growing number of undocumented Asian immigrants caught in legal limbo — unable to adjust their legal status, return home, or speak openly about their lives.
Black people’s hair has always sparked debate. But the health threat posed by popular hair products has flown under the radar, columnist James Causey writes.
The Oakland Flatlands have a longstanding history of extremely low-income households and racial inequalities compared to ZIP codes in the Oakland Hills.
As West Virginia’s foster care system struggles to hire and retain workers amid low pay and overwhelming caseloads, it stresses foster families and keeps kids from getting the attention they need.
Even simple remediations lag at Bay Area sites in socially vulnerable areas, a Public Press analysis shows.