The Central and Northwest metropolitan areas of Arkansas have grown in population over the past decade, but towns in the Delta — with the exception of Jonesboro — lost people in large numbers.
Children & Families
In recent years, there have been efforts to increase other competency restoration alternatives – like jail-based or outpatient methods – but for some people, those options are not always available.
Moms talk about what it’s like to be pregnant in jail, and about their lives before and after incarceration.
“Grandma was in the system and now Mom is in the system and now the child is in the system … How can we expect our community members to even start healing?”
This article was produced with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund.
The 1918 influenza epidemic is still remembered keenly in parts of rural Alaska.
The meatpacking plants have pulled in thousands of immigrant workers over the past two decades. They’re the economic center of the town, employing around 3,000 workers.
This project was produced as part of the 2021 National Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
Muchas de las madres de las víctimas de feminicidios ignoran su propio trauma y su pérdida para hacerse cargo de los nietos que quedaron huérfanos por culpa de la violencia machista.
Many of the mothers of femicide victims ignore their own trauma and loss to take care of the grandchildren who were orphaned by sexist violence.