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.
Race and Equity
Advocates are particularly incensed that decision-makers have mostly shuttered schools in the poorest part of town — essentially creating school deserts in an area where families often have no car or share one.
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.
Crash data revealed where pedestrian deaths happen, but on-the-ground reporting exposed invisible injuries, design flaws, and survivor trauma that databases alone can’t capture.
In moment of crisis, a reporter pivots quickly for series on hazards faced by California farmworkers
Amid ICE raids on California’s Central Coast, a reporter pivots to focus on how immigration enforcement, pesticide exposure and fear endanger farmworker families’ health.
In a state known for innovation, maternal deaths still fall hardest on Black, Indigenous and low-income families.
A Black parenting program is federally approved but underfunded, as strict evidence rules and bureaucracy block access to prevention dollars meant to reduce foster care disparities.
As the data center building spree continues and the federal government rolls back environmental and health protections, the health toll will be heaviest in marginalized communities.