Health Insurance and Costs

Edición Semanaria: Myths and Realities about Home Remedies to Combat Covid-19

This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic in communities along the border. ...

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics
Francisca Porchas is the founder of the Latinx Therapist Action Network.

A therapists' network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic

The Latinx Therapists Action Network, with a presence in 20 US states, works with therapists committed to supporting immigrant communities and the movements allied with them.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics
Illustrations by Rachel Levit Ruiz.

Hidden Foster Care: All of the Responsibility, None of the Resources

Outside of the traditional foster care system exists a shadow system of potentially hundreds of thousands of children removed by CPS to their relatives or family friends—without a court case, monetary support, or due process.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Sheltering Native Foster Youth During Shelter in Place

In the midst of the pandemic, a new foster care model based on community living and known as a "children's village" has opened up to foster youth on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics