Race and Equity

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Is San Francisco doing enough to address COVID-19’s brutal disparities?

Despite red flags, the city was slow to come up with a COVID-19 response targeting the Latinx community.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Community Safety

Nicole Canedo consulta la página de su Cuenta de Reembolso Médico (MRA, por sus siglas en inglés) emitida por la ciudad

Con un fondo de reembolso médico no ejercido de $409 millones, próximas reformas para su mejor aplicación

This story was produced by Ida Mojadad, a participant in the 2019 Data Fellowship, who is investigating the efficacy of the health access program Healthy SF in San Francisco.

Her other stories include:
Workers may get cash payout from medical reimbursement accounts
Millions left sitting in medi

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Will Preston and Lene Lauese, staff members at Ecumenical Hunger Program, put bags of produce in a client's car at drive thr

How the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening stark inequalities in Silicon Valley

In Silicon Valley, the pandemic has exacerabated long-running inequities between places such as Atherton and East Palo Alto.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

A billboard displays COVID-19 testing information in in Kern County, which has had one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates b

Understanding how coronavirus swept through rural California’s Kern County

How did a county that ranks 11th among California counties in population end up with the second-highest COVID-19 case rate per capita in the state?

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Patient Safety and Ethics

(Español) Que la vacuna Covid esté disponible a trabajadores binacionales fronterizos

This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic in communities along the border.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

Workers pick strawberries in a field west of Santa Maria in April 2020.

How Santa Barbara County is protecting its most vulnerable residents from COVID-19

A new investigate series will examine the impact of COVID-19 prevention efforts on vulnerable groups in California's Santa Barbara County.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health

School buses lined up in parking lot

When segregation persists in schools, whose responsibility is it?

Who is responsible for diversity in schools — the school system or entire community?

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health

Educators, families and high school students honked and clapped at farmworkers around the Watsonville community during the Watso

Monterey County advocates, growers urge renewed focus on farmworker housing

These responses were submitted by members of an advisory board on farmworker housing that featured growers, advocates, and service providers in Monterey County, organized by The Californian reporter Kate Cimini.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

A farmworker walks between rows of strawberries as he adjusts his hoodie in Watsonville, Calif.

Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

Salinas and Monterey County as a whole are some of the least affordable places to live in the U.S., per the 2019 Harvard State of the Nation's housing study.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Health Insurance and Costs

Medical Worker Wears a Mask for Protection

Prognosis uncertain for closing racial health disparities Amid pandemic and recession, there’s awareness

"For vulnerable populations, the needs are pressing given the intersection of economics and race."

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics