The government’s recent crackdown on immigrants is also worsening health outcomes within the community.
Poverty and Class
Children in low-income Black communities face higher lead exposure risks from aging schools and homes, which can lead to worse health and learning outcomes.
Native youth in California face the state's highest suicide rates despite being its smallest ethnic group. Now Medicaid cuts threaten vital Indigenous clinics offering culturally rooted mental health care.
Victor Malin Jr. endured foster care, trauma, and prison. Now he mentors youth and leads community programs to stop others from following the same path.
Malachi, raised by his grandmother after a troubled childhood, now advocates for foster youth. Kinship care and family-first approaches are helping reform child welfare systems.
After years in the child welfare and justice systems, Ebony Price is working on keeping her life on the right track and being present for her family.
Malcolm X’s worldview was molded by his time in foster care and his experiences as a young Black man in America.
Immigration raids in SoCal trigger fear, absenteeism and trauma among Latino students, disrupting school life and prompting calls for legal and mental health support.
New toolkit helps doctors address patients’ financial needs – a role doctors say they feel thrust into amid worsening crisis.
Millions of U.S. children live with relatives, yet such "kinship families" lack support and visibility. Reporting their stories can help change that.