The Observer offers a look through the eyes of advocates and community members working directly with Black homeless people and exploring how to provide solutions.
Health Equity & Social Justice
The city has adopted a ‘multifactorial approach to a multifactorial problem’ and has seen a 37% reduction in deaths since the national peak of the crisis
Overdose in America: analysis reveals deaths rising in some regions even as US sees national decline
A new Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis.
Sacramento County uses Black “cultural brokers” to help Black families navigate CPS and keep kids out of foster care. The program reunites families but is fighting for long-term funding.
Tras las redadas migratorias y el endurecimiento de políticas en Texas, Jocelyn Rojo, de 11 años, se quitó la vida. En el norte del estado, faltan consejeros bilingües, dejando a jóvenes hispanos sin apoyo emocional.
Two distinct neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between.
Medical debt poses a punishing burden for a growing share of American families. In this webinar, we’ll hear strategies for covering the growing crisis from two reporters who have done pioneering investigative reporting on medical debt.
The Health Divide: D’Angelo’s death from pancreatic cancer is a painful reminder of its unequal toll
D’Angelo’s death is a sobering reminder of the racial gaps in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pancreatic cancer that go well beyond biology.
“It felt like all of my skin was burning. It filled my limbs, like, my whole body with little welts,” one mother told The Tribune through an interpreter.
Southern California nurses seek clearer ICE encounter policies after incidents in hospitals. A new state law bars immigration agents from medical areas without warrants.