Community Safety

Disease, Dirty Needles: Santa Cruz County’s Other Health Crisis

Amid the pandemic, changes to the county’s needle exchange programs are on hold.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety

Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Newark's COVID-19 death toll among Blacks seems to have been less severe compared to other urban hubs in the nation. Why?

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

When journalists tell the stories police feed them, without question, they amplify bias, stereotypes and fear.

Race and Equity, Community Safety

Social and bureaucratic hurdles have caused unnecessary delays in obtaining what can be a lifesaving antiretroviral medication.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

An audio-first docuseries exploring what it means to be a Black person having a baby in the United States today.

Race and Equity, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Why we need to distinguish between bad behavior and structural problems in how we’re organized as a society.

Race and Equity, Community Safety

A look at the health challenges Punjabi drivers are facing in order to keep their driving licenses, and how they are navigating this during COVID-19.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Food and Nutrition, Community Safety

Community Safety

Public officials come under fire for budgets that prioritize law enforcement and shortchange community health and safety.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety