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For many marginalized women in California, repeat C-sections are a forced decision

For many marginalized women in California, repeat C-sections are a forced decision

In California, many hospitals and providers institute a blanket ban on all vaginal birth after C-sections.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform
The Tenderloin Linkage Center on UN Plaza in San Francisco, California.

Can overdose prevention centers help ease San Francisco’s fatal drug crisis?

As overdose fatalities accumulate, there is a crucial need for clarity around the perceived benefits and drawbacks of such facilities.

Addiction
Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, California.

California’s state youth prisons permanently close this June. Are counties ready?

“The state opened up Pandora’s box and now we’re trying to manage this disaster,” one source told me.

Community Safety
Why didn’t kids show up to class last year in one Bay Area school district?

Why didn’t kids show up to class last year in one Bay Area school district?

Why are students missing class at such a high rate in East Palo Alto's public schools? A reporter seeks answers.

Can California clean up decades of toxic pollution left by dry cleaners?

Can California clean up decades of toxic pollution left by dry cleaners?

Communities deserve to know more about the silent public health threat potentially sitting below their homes and businesses.

Health Insurance and Costs
Shamari White, 26, poses for portraits at Meridian Hill/ Malcolm X park in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2023. White experienced suicidal ideation and self-harm due to bullying and sexualization in middle school. (Maen Hammad/Word In Black)

Why Do We View Black Girls as Sex Objects?

Black girls are so often viewed as sex objects that the blame is shifted to the girls being sexualized instead of the adults.

Race and Equity
Abraham Jarvis, 18, poses for a photo at John F. Kennedy Park in San Diego on Feb. 10, 2023. Last year when Jarvis was 17, he was ticketed and briefly detained in the back of a police car for “switching lanes,” one example he says of him experiencing racial profiling. While being photographed, two police cars were parked in the distance. (Anissa Durham/Word In Black)

Life and Death: When Police Criminalize Young Black Men

In and out of schools, Black youth fear for their lives. And, for one teen in California, that fear comes every time he gets in his car.

Race and Equity
Mother and son talking together in their driveway.

COVID-19 Is Exposing The Caregiving Crisis, Leaving Disabled People And Their Families Desperate

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Coronavirus, Community Safety
College students in a lecture hall.

A Disabled Physician Works To Minimize The Healthcare Gap For People With Disabilities

People with disabilities often face an uphill battle when it comes to the medical system. It’s been well documented that they’re taken less seriously and experience worse care and health outcomes than people without disabilities.

Disability and Accessibility
When she was 11 years old, U.S.-born Fanta Fofana witnessed immigration officers arrest her father, an immigrant from Senegal. After he was deported, Fofana, now 17, said that she often feels stressed and left out. (Anthony Advincula/New American Media)

Children Who Witness Parent's Immigration Arrest May Suffer Lifetime Health Consequences

While children show different responses to early trauma, experts say that research shows that witnessing a parent's arrest or deportation leads to a complex series of problems.

Mental Health

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