Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.
Poverty and Class
City leaders repeatedly denied that homeless sweeps were happening. A reporter shares how she proved them wrong.
During shelter-in-place, some hotel rooms were opened to homeless people — yet weren't being filled.
The 32304 zip code was cited by the Florida Chamber of Commerce as one of extreme poverty, but the state lacks granular data on kids' health there.
Many others, especially those in rural areas, will go out of business.
This story is the first in a series exploring the deaths of homeless people in Santa Clara County — who the victims were, how they died and what might be done to save the lives of people few may remember.
“With the shelter-in-place, we’ve really had to pivot,” said the director of California's census outreach team.
Without rent relief for California tenants, housing advocates fear the pandemic will worsen the homelessness crisis.
This story was produced as a project for the 2020 California Fellowship.
The Navajo Nation's high rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses have taken on a new urgency: COVID-19 has hit the community worse than any other tribe in the country.