In hard-hit Navajo Nation, fighting COVID-19 means addressing a long history of underinvestment and policy neglect.
Patient Safety and Ethics
As conversations about defunding the police have sprung up across the U.S., some sexual assault survivors and advocates have joined the fray to call for changes to the system.
Except for end-of-life situations, visitors largely haven’t stepped foot in facilities in months, leading to calls for access and balance. Outdoor visits are allowed but many operators do not permit them.
Two days before her 22nd birthday last fall, Dominique Green was at the Rocklin Police Department reporting a rape, still shaken from a violent incident with a former coworker the night before.
The state's movement has become more worthy of scrutiny as the nation awaits a vaccine as the endgame to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Underserved youth and the adults who care for them are wrestling with systemic inequities compounded by the coronavirus.
Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.
Newark's COVID-19 death toll among Blacks seems to have been less severe compared to other urban hubs in the nation. Why?
"It's profit over people there," one worker said.
During the pandemic, the “colonias” along the border in south Texas have been devastated on multiple fronts.