Poverty and Class

We placed a sensor inside the home of Cristina Sanchez (L) and her husband Felino Chanax (next to L), in Maywood, in southeast L

How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

Caption: Three dental chairs keep busy with patients inside a specially equipped recreational vehicle operated by the Tzu Chi Me

In one California county, thousands still live without health care

In underserved areas such as California's San Joaquin County, access to care can be difficult at best.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

The crisis of chronic absenteeism in rural California

If rural America has become the new “inner city,” then nowhere is this more apparent than in educational systems.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

Dare to Care relocation may bring job training, grocery to the West End

The Courier Journal has received support from the University of Southern California's Center for Health Journalism to embark on a project about food insecurity in Louisville, with the goal of presenting solutions that fit our community.

Poverty and Class, Food and Nutrition

Drug Addiction: Controversial ‘harm reduction’ policy may lower death toll of opioids, meth

Harm reduction seeks not to shame people who use drugs into giving them up, but simply to provide them with the tools and support to improve their health.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

We don’t really know how many children die from abuse in Alabama each year

A new reporting project will examine child abuse deaths and near-deaths over a five-year span to gain a better understanding of how poverty contributes to child abuse across Alabama.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Community Safety

Stories from the front lines of California’s unmet health care needs

While California has readily embraced the Affordable Care Act, thousands of uninsured or underinsured still turn out for a mega free clinic in Los Angeles every year. Here are a few of their stories.

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

Hope, Humanity & Housing: Sacramento Mercy Pedalers deliver simple solutions

Reporter Vicki Gonzalez spent the past year on this series as a recipient of the 2018 California Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety, Aging

The Swearing-in Ceremony of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh

What Kavanaugh's appointment to the court means for public health

"I am often asked why public health should care about the role of the court and who sits on it. The answer is simple: Court rulings can support or overturn policies that dramatically affect the public’s health."

Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Community Safety

Dr. Carolee Tran went from being a little girl escaping the fall of Saigon to a psychologist and trauma researcher in Sacramento

As a child, Carolee Tran fled a collapsing Vietnam to embark on an uncertain future in America

Scott Thomas Anderson wrote this story while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2018 California Fellowship.

Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety

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Poverty and Class

How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data

In one California county, thousands still live without health care

The crisis of chronic absenteeism in rural California

Dare to Care relocation may bring job training, grocery to the West End

Drug Addiction: Controversial ‘harm reduction’ policy may lower death toll of opioids, meth

We don’t really know how many children die from abuse in Alabama each year

Stories from the front lines of California’s unmet health care needs

Hope, Humanity & Housing: Sacramento Mercy Pedalers deliver simple solutions

What Kavanaugh's appointment to the court means for public health

As a child, Carolee Tran fled a collapsing Vietnam to embark on an uncertain future in America