
Health Equity & Social Justice


The story of the Napa Valley is about more than its transition from a sleepy, rural commuter town to the wine capital of America, drawing millions of tourists per year.

Policing is often a big challenge in communities that face concentrated child poverty. Those communities often have anemic tax bases, making it hard to pay police, and high public safety demands.

April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.

April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.

Just 74 boys remain at the nation’s oldest reform school as multiple agencies probe abuse allegations.

April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Nicole Hayden, a participant in the USC Center for Health Journalism's 2019 Data Fellowship....

The series has received support from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of USC's Center for Health Journalism....
Democrats and Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have asked the leader of the Indian Health Service to address two investigations that highlighted serious lapses in the agency’s care for Native Americans.