Rocha Garcia’s anxiety touched on a rarely discussed reality of life in San Antonio: Your health, as well as your quality of life and opportunities, are powerfully influenced by where you live.
Health Equity & Social Justice
The award-winning reporter shares insights and tips from her decade of immersing herself in the lives of one family battling poverty and homelessness.
The city today recognizes the need to add tree cover in certain neighborhoods but so far there is little evidence of a concrete plan to do so.
Many people were kicked out despite eviction moratoriums—but certain communities faced the brunt of it.
Twenty years after Purdue Pharma introduced its pain medication, OxyContin, Maine lawmakers passed a bill that significantly stemmed the flow of pain pills into the state.
La fisura en el rendimiento ha sido una preocupación de la educación pública. Ahora la pandemia ha ampliado aún más la grieta.
Lacking resources, she thought her mentally ill son would be safer in jail. Then he was beaten to death.
Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
Many vulnerable Minnesotans have no idea that their county can place a hefty lien on their home to recover expenses for long-term care.
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans campaigned last year on a promise to "promote environmental justice in every neighborhood ... (while) making Rochester an environmentally friendly city of the future."