Rising housing costs in Massachusetts are forcing working families to sacrifice food, lose SNAP benefits, and face impossible tradeoffs, pushing many toward food pantries or leaving the state.
Health Equity & Social Justice
In one of New Jersey’s poorest school neighborhoods, chronic absenteeism is more than a statistic — it reflects generational poverty, classroom chaos and a fragile public system.
An investigation exposes “medical deportations”: hospitals are transferring seriously ill migrant patients outside the U.S. to avoid costs, violating rights and putting lives at risk.
A Black parenting program is federally approved but underfunded, as strict evidence rules and bureaucracy block access to prevention dollars meant to reduce foster care disparities.
As the data center building spree continues and the federal government rolls back environmental and health protections, the health toll will be heaviest in marginalized communities.
Stories of preeclampsia, ignored pain and systemic racism show how preventable failures cost Black women and babies their lives.
As the US faces challenges to public school funding, activists warn that more people should pay attention to what’s happened in Inglewood, California.
Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to boost literacy remain underfunded and underreported.
An entire gambling ecosystem operates with virtually no federal guardrails, and a generation is growing up with casinos on their phones.
Former Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee Kevin Walker was acquitted last month of charges related to the incident, which left a 15-year-old boy bruised and unconscious.