A reporter reflects on the importance of centering children while covering the immigration crisis and its mental health toll on families.
Race and Equity
Drawing on his own roots in the Inland Empire, a journalist examines how immigration enforcement is affecting the health, livelihoods and safety of immigrant families.
Many Black and Hispanic men delay checkups due to cost, distrust or fear. Our columnist writes that journalists can help counter this trend with stories that show how preventive care is worth making time for.
Coachella Valley institutions expand local health-worker training programs to address doctor and nursing shortages, especially in pediatrics.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration says it will spend more than $520 million to fix homes and the sewer infrastructure needed to help prevent future floods. Residents are growing impatient.
Advocates are asking for the state to again cover a gap of $100 million caused by a drop in federal funding.
Massachusetts parents and advocates push for stronger anti-bullying enforcement after federal civil rights cuts left schools facing little accountability for reported bullying.
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring.
School bullying complaints are often ignored in Massachusetts despite 2010 law. A Peabody teen's suicide is fueling a new push to toughen enforcement and training.
The disparities become even more alarming when looking at transgender and nonbinary youth.