Other states like Oregon have done more to include Pacific Islander community leaders in the pandemic emergency response and provide them with resources.
Environmental Health
Pacific Islanders — not including Native Hawaiians — make up 30% of Hawaii’s coronavirus cases but only 4% of the population.
Each Monday, while the pandemic runs its course, The Coronavirus Files will provide tips and resources and highlight exemplary work to help you with your reporting.
People of color are more likely to get sick and die from coronavirus. Will taking part in mass protests increase their risk — or force the nation to address bias and inequities that endanger Black lives?
Rural women in Alaska must travel long distances for prenatal care and hospital births. Now, COVID-19 has shut down major routes and reduced transportation.
Child welfare is an already stressed system in Native communities, leaving children even more susceptible to the impacts of COVID-19.
Now is the time to start building timelines and documenting how local governments are handling — or fumbling — the COVID-19 crisis.
How many other environmental disasters like the West Calumet Housing Complex are still undiscovered?
Mimi Luther Dreads the Prospect of Flu Season Mixed With a Pandemic. She Begs You to Get a Flu Shot.
How Oregon can avoid the “super-duper trifecta of misery.”
Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.