The program, set to launch in late summer, will make blood transfusions available on ambulances to injured patients in Dallas.
Community Safety
Lack of Spanish-language programs in San Francisco threatens recidivism and puts public safety at risk, say social service advocates.
A new project will take a fresh look at the history and politics of deinstitutionalization in California, which left many people with severe mental illness with no plan to provide for their care.
Too often, journalists take public tap water for granted — until it fails. A new reporting project for the Center for Public Integrity will investigate the kiosk water industry and its relationship to tap water quality.
Some urban cities across America are experimenting with guaranteed income programs to boost people out of poverty and help them afford housing and food. Results from a pilot in Austin, Texas show real promise.
While Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper called the 2023 shooting death of a 10-year-old Black child an anomaly, the incident highlights the serious issue of people having guns who shouldn’t, and worse yet, children or teenagers having access to guns.
In California, diagnosis of PPD has increased dramatically in Asian communities. Against a backdrop of high rates of C-section interventions, there are few culturally competent birthing and postpartum professionals, and lower awareness of how to access the resources that exist.
Arrests and court hearings are also facets of the criminal justice system that can have lasting effects on a person’s mental health.
"There are instances where we might prioritize the perspective of an under-covered community to build back trust," writes health reporter Elise Takahama. "This was one of them."
To investigate how the police intervened in mental health crisis in Puerto Rico, a reporting team creates its own database using police use-of-force reports.