Race and Equity

How the pandemic has devastated San Francisco’s Asian communities

A reporter explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Bay Area's Asian communities.

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

Bruce Anderson, Hawaii's health director.

Pandemic is disproportionately hurting Hawaii's Pacific Islander and Filipino communities

Despite Hawaii’s reputation as a racial paradise, the state is home to striking income disparities that fall along racial and ethnic lines.

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

A volunteer participating in Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial receives a shot in South Africa on June 24.

Recruiting Black volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials means overcoming mistrust

The ugly history of clandestine experiments and abuse of Black patients casts a long shadow.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

(Photo by Ricky Shore via Flickr/Creative Commons)

‘We need your help.’ Are refugees getting mental-health assistance they need?

Refugees need help with mental health care, but are they getting it? A reporter plots a deeper exploration of their plight.

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

After Gov. David Ige removed access to public health insurance for poor, sick migrants from Micronesia, many died

Hawaii Wanted To Save Insurance Money. People Died

A new study shows the impacts of a 2015 decision to cut health insurance for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents.

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

From cradle to grave, racial inequity is part of the Black Charlotte experience

A new reporting project asks, "Why do people of color in an affluent city lack basic medical attention?"

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

-Window Rock, Ariz. (Photo: Jonathan Dineyazhe)

The People vs. the Pandemic: Overlooked

Why was the Navajo Nation overlooked in the face of the pandemic?

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

(Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images)

Virtual medical care leads to suffering for patients on the wrong side of the digital divide

The patient was near death. The physician almost missed it — and warns problems like this will grow as the nation expands telehealth without improving access to technology.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Why was the Navajo Nation overlooked in the face of the pandemic?

In hard-hit Navajo Nation, fighting COVID-19 means addressing a long history of underinvestment and policy neglect.

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

How immigrants and communities of color organize around healing justice

COVID-19 has underscored the disparities faced by immigrant communities in access to medical care and financial support in the state.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Mental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition, Aging

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Race and Equity

How the pandemic has devastated San Francisco’s Asian communities

Pandemic is disproportionately hurting Hawaii's Pacific Islander and Filipino communities

Recruiting Black volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials means overcoming mistrust

‘We need your help.’ Are refugees getting mental-health assistance they need?

Hawaii Wanted To Save Insurance Money. People Died

From cradle to grave, racial inequity is part of the Black Charlotte experience

The People vs. the Pandemic: Overlooked

Virtual medical care leads to suffering for patients on the wrong side of the digital divide

Why was the Navajo Nation overlooked in the face of the pandemic?

How immigrants and communities of color organize around healing justice