Poverty and Class

CNN reporter Neha Shastry set out to cover the complexities and nuances of America's abortion debate. She ran into roadblocks, reluctant editors and lots of contested facts.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

For the past six months Luanne Rife has been spending time in Virginia’s coalfields learning about why people living along Virginia’s western border are among the least healthy in the nation.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

In the District of Columbia, a shortage of affordable housing, a hyper-expensive rental market and aging and vanishing housing stock has have tenants battling spiraling rents and housing costs, and have left them at increased risk of getting displaced.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Poverty and Class

The resurgence in the Louisville business community’s interest in socially responsible companies is evident in the popularity of Canopy, a new initiative to foster businesses that do good as an integral part of their overall mission.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition

About two years ago today, the Kroger Co. announced its decision to close the only full-service grocery store in downtown Louisville. Overnight, thousands of Louisvillians —many of them struggling with limited resources — were left without a place nearby to purchase basic necessities.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Food and Nutrition

Today, nearly 37 years later, the call seems exceptionally ordinary: Investigate a noise complaint from a resident at an apartment building at North 10th and West Walnut streets.

James E. Causey’s reporting on this project was completed with the support of a USC Annenberg Center for H

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety