In East St. Louis, the school district is helping parents get back on their feet.
Community & Public Health
Syringe exchanges and overdose kits aren’t always reaching poor and rural Californians, but advocates of the harm reducation approach are trying to make that happen.
Black youth are less than 27 percent of Louisville’s youth population, but they represented more than 75 percent of the youth bookings in Louisville’s secure detention center last year.
When a youth is accused of a crime in Kentucky, an adult has to make a choice in nearly every step that follows. And a disproportionate number of the youth denied a second chance are black.
A month after an investigation found dangerous levels of asbestos fibers in some of Philadelphia’s most rundown elementary schools, the school district has begun cleaning up seven of them.
Reporter Priska Neely talks to her sister Nicole to talk about the two babies she lost nearly 20 years ago, after going into premature labor both times.
Traumatized children often have difficulties with anger management, impulse control and the processing and retention of information.
It could be a big year for Medicaid expansion. Virginia is expanding its program to include single adults, a change made possible by Obamacare; a judge recently ordered Maine’s governor do so, and ballot initiatives in four other states could lead further expansions. But the biggest wave of change i
The special report by Jonathan Bullington and Richard Webster provides an in-depth look at the impact of growing up surrounded by violence in one of New Orleans' most culturally significant and crime-riddled neighborhoods.