Many Black and Hispanic men delay checkups due to cost, distrust or fear. Our columnist writes that journalists can help counter this trend with stories that show how preventive care is worth making time for.
Health Equity & Social Justice
For people in treatment for substance use disorder, the weeks and months after Hurricane Helene unraveled lives they’d spent years rebuilding.
Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst. But what about the next emergency?
Recovery from substance use disorder requires community. What happens when a disaster tears that apart?
The disparities become even more alarming when looking at transgender and nonbinary youth.
A reporter drives 5,500 miles across Mississippi and gains a fresh appreciation for journalism that's accountable to the people whose lives it documents.
Arizona lacks workplace heat safety rules, leaving outdoor workers at risk of death as climate change worsens extreme weather events. A reporter combines data, public records and worker voices to highlight the danger.
For residents in heavily surveilled neighborhoods, the cameras come with a cost that goes beyond privacy.