Community Safety

In this episode of Bodies, we look at how Johnson and Johnson used marketing tactics to target women of color. How did normal body odors become stigmatized and racialized?

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Community Safety

Are parents whose children are being removed from their homes following allegations of abuse and neglect being billed for the cost of foster care and family reunification services? The signs suggest yes.

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

The Office of the Children’s Ombudsman will investigate complaints concerning the Virginia Department of Social Services and will have a heavy focus on foster care and child-placing decisions.

Environmental Health, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

From extreme loneliness to heart problems to vision impairment, how does living without a home affect or contribute to these conditions as a person ages?

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Housing and Homeslessness, Chronic Disease, Community Safety, Aging

In August 2018, three high school students and an elementary school student in Rancho Cucamonga, California killed themselves. I wanted to do more than just report the grim facts of their deaths — but how?

Mental Health, Community Safety

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Will James, a participant in the 2019 National Fellowship....

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety