Black mothers in the Inland Empire face higher rates of maternal death, low birthweights, and bias in care. Advocates are pushing for culturally responsive providers and expanded support programs.
Race and Equity
At a Sacramento powwow, Native youth use dancing and tradition as healing, reconnecting with culture to combat trauma, mental illness and disconnection.
Across the Bay Area, advocates are meeting survivors where they are with trauma-informed care, culturally sensitive support and paths to healing that don’t rely on police or punitive systems.
Domestic violence often goes unspoken in Asian communities, where stigma, family dynamics, immigration status and lack of culturally responsive services make it difficult to seek help. But community groups can provide crucial networks of support.
Reporting has shown that African Americans and Latinos are killed at a disproportionately higher rate during such pursuits.
In her new book, journalist Shoshana Walter revelas how many programs exploit patients, bar mothers, underuse buprenorphine, and worsen racial and gender disparities.
A reporter grapples with the lack of progress in fixing the health and safety problems faced by rural students and staff in Alaska's public school system.
Hepatitis B cases and deaths declined since 2021, but rates remain above national average. Advocates are urging routine screening, vaccination and annual reporting.
Cancer has touched Roy Johnson’s life deeply — losing family to it, fighting it himself, and now urging awareness while sharing his journey with prostate cancer.
People walking and biking on Watsonville streets die at a rate 70% higher than the county average, according to a Santa Cruz Local analysis.