Environment & Climate

A reporter explains how she found women willing to speak out about substandard maternity care in south Texas by posting messages on Facebook.

Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

As a teenager, VICE journalist Adreanna Rodriguez was given a choice that would alter the course of her life. Later, she started to wonder if she made the right decision.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health

This story is part of a larger project series, "Voices from the Vineyard," led by Sarah Klearman, a 2020 Impact Fellow. She is reporting on how the twin crises of the pandemic and the wildfires have impacted the health of the valley’s farmworkers and their families.

Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

The death toll and the state’s inadequate and lagging response to the health needs of farmworkers throughout the pandemic reflect a public health failure, farmworker advocates say.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs