They are the youngest victims of the homeless crisis in Augusta. Young, helpless faces that are tired, weary, and in need of rest, shelter, and food. And in need of an education.
Community & Public Health
Alicia Creazzo will never forget the day three children showed up on her doorstep at Broughal Middle School with their cat in a backpack.
Trees mean more to us than simply the sum of their biological value. Each of us has individual trees that have been meaningful in our lives.
This article was produced as part of a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 National Fellowship, which provided training, mentoring, and funding to support this project....
South Bethlehem is shedding its gritty, industrial roots for a new chapter that current residents hope doesn’t leave them behind.
We should know in a few months how many people are living on our streets, but that’s just a start.
Racial and ethnic minorities in America experience a lower quality of health services, and are less likely to receive even routine medical procedures than are white Americans, a seminal report led by Brian Smedley, Ph.D., concluded in 2003. Nearly two decades since that damning Institute of Medicin
This article was produced as part of a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 National Fellowship, which provided training, mentoring, and funding to support this project....
In 2021, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Stephen Simpson won a grant from the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism to work on a series about health disparities in the Arkansas Delta.
It's a pattern that continues to play out on Southside streets in Bethlehem, Pennsyvlania: an investor snatches up some homes and the domino falls.