Darryl Lester was at his mom’s place in Tacoma, Washington, when a letter he’d been waiting for arrived in the mail. At 40, he was destitute, in pain and out of work.
Health Equity & Social Justice
Why you should investigate the unequal implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 30 next year.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Gary Walker, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship....
How an agency charged with protecting public health gave talking points to the lead-battery industry.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Courtney Teague, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Gary Walker, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's California Fellowship....
The initial statistics shocked me. It turns out, I hadn’t seen anything yet.
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Courtney Teague, a participant in the 2019 California Fellowship....
This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Jessica Cejnar, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's 2019 California Fellowship....
We were about 30 seconds into our first look at the California Department of Education’s chronic absenteeism data when we knew what our story would be.