Community & Public Health

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.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

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.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Housing and Homeslessness

The public records request is perhaps the most powerful crowbar a journalist has to pry open urgent information and data hidden from public view. Freeing those records from the shadows can be especially vital during a pandemic, as agencies quickly make decisions that carry life-or-death consequences