Race and Equity

Without driving alternatives, seniors — especially in rural and low-income areas — face isolation, depression and health risks.

Black women face higher fibroid rates and worse outcomes. While advocates are pushing for more research and visibility, journalism can help show what’s driving the disparity — and what needs to change.

Cesar Vasquez, who has supported families of undocumented immigrants since age 14, has become a community lifeline — and a known ICE target.

Because of contract disputes, cost and legislative hurdles, it will likely take years before the remainder of the city’s tens of thousands of lead pipes are replaced. In the meantime, experts say residents should take precautions like water filters.

While mounting pressures cut across the profession, they fall heaviest on freelancers, self-employed journalists and those from community and ethnic media.

Inside detention centers and federal buildings like Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza, children are separated from their parents, held in undisclosed locations, and left with emotional and physical wounds.

While Black gay and bisexual men experience higher rates of HIV, PrEP remains less accessible to many in this community.

There’s growing evidence that medicine risks losing talent from poor and working-class, Black and Latino communities. Ultimately, patient care will suffer as a result.

Even in states that require products to be supplied, advocates say uneven rules and lax enforcement leave women scrambling.

In a state known for innovation, maternal deaths still fall hardest on Black, Indigenous and low-income families.